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winding upverbpresent participle of wind up to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping pointtry to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time closing, closing out, completing, concluding, ending, finishing, rounding (off or out), terminating, wrapping up climaxing, crowningconsummating, perfectinghalting, stopping, suspending putting paid to(chiefly British), ringing down the curtain (on) beginning, commencing, inaugurating, opening, starting to come to an endher speeches usually wind up with one last joke breaking off, breaking up, ceasing, closing, concluding, dead-ending, determining, discontinuing, dying, elapsing, ending, expiring, finishing, going, halting, lapsing, leaving off, letting up, passing, quitting, stopping, terminating, winking (out) desisting (from), laying off (of), refraining (from)giving over(British), knocking off, packing (up or in)breaking down, conking (out), cutting out, stallingpausing, staying, suspendingabating, petering (out), winding down biting the dust continuing, hanging on, persisting drawing out, extending, prolonging, protracting ca. 1858 |