Get to and Wind up

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Get to verb - Arrive at the point of.

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Wind up and get to are semantically related. (British) In some cases you can use "Wind up" instead a verb "Get to".

Wind up verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.

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Get to and wind up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Get to" instead a verb "Wind up".

No Sense of Direction: Artemis Kenchu managed to wind up somewhere snowbound while trying to get to New Orleans.

Source: Comic Strip / Candorville
Many of the grenades don't even get to arm before hitting zombies, who wind up just as dead anyway.

Source: Arbitrary Minimum Range
This is actually quite necessary since odds are good you'll wind up destroying a bridge or staircase you needed to get to the next area.

Source: Video Game / Red Faction

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