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What does “End up costing” mean?

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Rebecca

'End up -ing' is a phrasal verb, meaning to achieve a certain situation after doing other activities. So, in this case, 'End up costing' indicates that after doing other activities such as passing up on other coffee stores and looking through the menu, buying coffee from Starbucks will eventually cost us more money.

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