to end up

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to end up - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  End \End\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ended; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Ending.]
     1. To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to
        terminate; as, to end a speech. "I shall end this strife."
        --Shak.
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              On the seventh day God ended his work. --Gen. ii. 2.
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     2. To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the
        word back.
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     3. To destroy; to put to death. "This sword hath ended him."
        --Shak.
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     To end up, to lift or tilt, so as to set on end; as, to end
        up a hogshead.
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