End up and Try

End up

End up verb - Finally be or do something.
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Synonyms for End up

Try and end up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "End up".

Try

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

End up and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "End up" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

Both terms in one sentence

  • Creator / Ray Bradbury Protect This House: Averted in "The Island" where the family could fight off the person invading their home, but they are too scared to even try and end up with all but one of them dead.
  • Film / One Crazy Summer Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony: Hoops and his friends try to christen a sailing ship that they fixed up by breaking a small nip of liquor on the bow, but they end up breaking a hole in the ship instead.
  • Outdoor Bath Peeping It backfires since the girls are actually wearing robes because they guessed that the guys would try that on them, and they end up drenched instead.
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