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wind up
- See:
- wind
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phrase |
| definition 1: |
(informal) to bring or come to an end.
Please wind up the party before midnight.- synonyms:
- end
- similar words:
- close, conclude, finish, stop, wrap up
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| definition 2: |
to be in a state of great excitement.
The children were all wound up after the parade.- synonyms:
- excite
- similar words:
- agitate, animate, stimulate
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| definition 3: |
(informal) to find oneself in a certain place or situation; end up.
He got on the wrong bus and wound up in Pittsburgh.I wound up washing the dishes.- synonyms:
- end up
- similar words:
- find oneself, land
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| related words: |
consummate, dissolve, go, liquidate |
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