end in

Lead to ultimately

To end in something is to have that thing as a conclusion or outcome: The argument ended in tears, Words ending in -tion are usually nouns.

The phrase emphasizes what results from a process rather than how the process unfolds: Their romance ended in marriage, The trail ends in a clearing.

Related

stop · result · finish · photo finish · dead heat · tie game · final · resolve · fate · terminate · turn out · cease · disaster · smoke and mirrors · last · shut · denouement · arrive

Opposites
temporal/sequential position

end inopen with

start in

outcome/result direction

end income from

Originate or emerge from

Family

ending, unending, never-ending, endings

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G