End up
End up verb - Finally be or do something.
Usage example: He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart
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Synonyms for End up
Wind up
Wind up verb - Finally be or do something.
Usage example: he wound up being unemployed and living at home again
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People who end up on his bad side wind up with multiple stab wounds to their everything.
Source: Franchise / The Legend of Zelda - However, since they are mercenaries who wind up working for Giacomo, they end up more like The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything via Offscreen Villainy.
Source: Video Game / Rise of Legends - Her heroines end up Happily Married themselves with whichever men they wind up marrying.
Source: Happily Married / Literature
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