end up

end up
intransitive verb
enden

end up [as] a teacher/an alcoholic — (coll.) schließlich Lehrer/zum Alkoholiker werden

I always end up doing all the work — (coll.) am Ende bleibt die ganze Arbeit immer an mir hängen

* * *
1) (to reach or come to an end, usually unpleasant: I knew that he would end up in prison.) enden
2) (to do something in the end: He refused to believe her but he ended up apologizing.) endigen
* * *
◆ end up
I. vt
▪ to \end up up sth etw beenden
he \end uped up his speech with the words ... er [be]schloss seine Rede mit den Worten ...
II. vi enden
most of this meat will \end up up as dog food ein Großteil dieses Fleisches wird zu Hundefutter verarbeitet
after travelling around the world, she \end uped up teaching English as a foreign language nachdem sie durch die Welt gereist war, unterrichtete sie schließlich Englisch als Fremdsprache
to \end up up in love with sb sich akk [schließlich] in jdn verlieben
to \end up up a rich man ein reicher Mann werden
to \end up up in prison im Gefängnis landen fam
to \end up up a prostitute als Prostituierte enden
to \end up up homeless [schließlich] auf der Straße landen fam
to \end up up penniless [schließlich] ohne einen Pfennig [o ÖSTERR fam Groschen] [o SCHWEIZ fam Rappen] dastehen
* * *
vi
enden, landen (inf)

to end up doing sth — schließlich etw tun

to end up (as) a lawyer — schließlich Rechtsanwalt werden

to end up (as) an alcoholic — als Alkoholiker enden

to end up a criminal — schließlich zum Verbrecher werden

we ended up at Joe's — wir waren or landeten (inf) schließlich bei Joe

you'll end up in trouble — Sie werden noch Ärger bekommen

* * *
intransitive verb
enden

end up [as] a teacher/an alcoholic — (coll.) schließlich Lehrer/zum Alkoholiker werden

I always end up doing all the work — (coll.) am Ende bleibt die ganze Arbeit immer an mir hängen


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