Phrasal Verb: End Up

to eventually be somewhere

Examples

• We ended up in Rome.

Key rules

• End up means eventually be in a situation or place
• It is followed by a place, an -ing form or an adjective: we ended up in Rome
• It describes an unplanned result
• "End" alone does not have this meaning

Common mistakes

• We end up in Rome yesterday → We ended up in Rome yesterday