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Do ngoc tien Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

end up costing them

But the visitors could not find a cutting edge to match their control of the ball, which would end up costing them when a sweeping counterattack saw Messi drive half the length of the pitch before slipping in Villa for an emphatic finish.
I don't know clearly "end up" and ""cost" in "end up costing them",please.
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"end up" is an adverb meaning "eventually" or "would come to" "cost" in this context is used as an intransitive verb meaning "cause to lose or suffer" OR said another way... "

  • "end up" is an adverb meaning "eventually" or "would come to" "cost" in this context is used as an intransitive verb meaning "cause to lose or suffer" OR said another way...
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"end up" is an adverb meaning "eventually" or "would come to"
"cost" in this context is used as an intransitive verb meaning "cause to lose or suffer"

OR said another way...
"...the visitors could not find a cutting edge to match their control of the ball, which they would eventually suffer for when a sweeping counterattack saw Messi drive half the length of the pitc
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do ngoc tien:
But the visitors could not find a cutting edge to match their control of the ball, which would end up costing them when a sweeping counterattack saw Messi drive half the length of the pitch before slipping in Villa for an emphatic finish.
I don't know clearly "end up" and ""cost" in "end up costing them",please.
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