wind (sth) up
— phrasal verb with wind /waɪnd/ verb (wound, wound)Definition
› to end, or to make an activity end: I think it's about time we wound this meeting up. We need to wind up now, we've only got five minutes.Causing something to endComing to an end
(Definition of wind (sth) up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -stopper suffix
- abandon verb (STOP)
- all good things (must) come to an end idiom
- and have done with it idiom
- be over the hump idiom
- break away phrasal verb (NOT AGREE)
- conclude verb (FINISH)
- freeze noun (STOP)
- hang sth up phrasal verb
- jack sth in phrasal verb
- kill sth stone-dead idiom
- knock off (sth) phrasal verb
- lay sth to rest idiom
- scrap verb (THROW AWAY)
- squash verb (END)
- stamp on sth phrasal verb
- stamp sth out phrasal verb
- stanch verb
- staunch verb
- stem verb
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