end up in/with

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Maybo

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It was a low-growth, no-risk scenario, but you ended up with a different sized business.
Is "in" and "with" interchangeable here?
 

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No, only with is right. If you end up with something, the something is what you get as a result.
 

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And if you ended up in a different business, you would have left one company to work for another.
 

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  • end up with something
  • end up in a place
 
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