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end out en · VERB

Etymology

Perhaps by confusion of end up with start out, pan out, etc.

Meanings

1. (transitive, uncommon) Synonym of end up. ▸ To bring to a conclusion; to finish up.
   • The Gunnery Leader ended out the briefing. 2006, Diana DeLuca, Extraordinary Things, page 191:
   • Note: in a previous post I ended out my exposition of American tropicalia with the justification that, if haiti can show us something about democracy than Brazil can show us something too. 2005, Summerisle, Times of Hate, Times of Joy, Lost Highway:
   • We ended out his leave time by flying back to South Carolina just before New Year's Eve. 2022, Stephanie Mossi, Out of the Darkness:
2. (copulative, uncommon) Synonym of end up. ▸ To come to as a final condition or situation;
   • In total it ended out that I was out of a job for 18 months. 2011, Marie Andrews, The Power of Determination, page 49:
   • The stress and pulling from the rigors of this kind of operation also ends out affecting the front rib area. 2022, Kathy S. Thompson, The Surgery Experience:
   • We were a group of women who met as strangers and ended out as friends. 2012, Ann Louise Gilligan, Dr. Katherine Zappone, Our Lives Out Loud: In Pursuit of Justice and Equality:
   • Ferris had some power with him, and the judge ended out making the decision to allow Ferris Ashley to stay there and made some pretty easy terms regarding the damage to the building. 2023, William A. Cantoni, A Man of Many Faces:
3. (informal, of a street, qualifier:road or path) To terminate in a particular location.
   • The street ended out in a rough neighborhood.
   • The alley ended out a street that was unfamiliar to him. 2017, Jack Mackenzie, Time Like Broken Glass, page 170:

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