ending up
Finally arriving at
Ending up describes arriving at a final state, place, or situation—often one that wasn't planned or expected.
The phrase implies a process or journey that led somewhere: We ended up at a diner after the bars closed, She ended up becoming a lawyer despite studying art, If you keep spending like that, you'll end up broke.
The destination may be fortunate, unfortunate, or simply unanticipated.
- concludingBringing to an end
- haltComplete sudden stop
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- finishBring to completion
- driftGradual movement, no direction
arrival · turning out · finding yourself · landing · winding up · completion · stumble · stuck · outcome · stranded · going nowhere · worse for wear · culminate · final · fate · destination · serendipity · resulting
temporal position in a process
ending upstarting out
Initiating an endeavor
beginning · setting out · starting · commencing · originating