End up

End up: to reach a place or to become something.

If you don't eat your lunch, it will end up in the bin.

We wanted to go to the cinema, but we ended up in the park.

Sarah had a lot of money in the morning, but she ended up empty-handed at the end of the day.

If we don't look after our money, we end up poor.

My father tried many jobs and he ended up driving buses.

• Do you sometimes eat so much that you end up feeling ill?