1
as in to end
to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point
try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time
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2
as in to stop
to come to an end
her speeches usually wind up with one last joke
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as in ending
the last part of a process or action
wait until the windup of your sales pitch before giving up any information about the product's price point
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Recent Examples of wind up
Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
As luck would have it, the Red Sox wound up finding a diamond in the rough mere hours after dealing Teel away.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 May 2025
Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
Webb also made a subtle tweak to his mechanics, adding movement to his back foot during his windup as opposed to remaining stationary.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Championship banners fill the gymnasium walls, most notably in football where Marcus Allen started a career that wound up with him hoisting the Heisman Trophy and his bust enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
As luck would have it, the Red Sox wound up finding a diamond in the rough mere hours after dealing Teel away.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 May 2025
Noun
As Brown started his windup, AppleTV+ put a chyron on the screen showing the odds Soto would homer in that at-bat: a 3% chance.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
Webb also made a subtle tweak to his mechanics, adding movement to his back foot during his windup as opposed to remaining stationary.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wind up
Verb
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Since that two-year period ended this past March and was not renewed, Soliman is currently in the country illegally.—
The Editors,
National Review,
3 June 2025
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Delegations from the warring sides agreed Monday to swap dead and wounded troops, but their conditions for ending the war remained far apart.—
Illia Novikov,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
Verb
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On September 2, Border Force officers had stopped two women at London Stansted Airport.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Goldman Sachs and Nasdaq have both stopped requiring companies using them for an IPO to have diverse board members.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
5 June 2025
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On a more emotional level, the anticlimactic ending ushered in the conclusion of a 46-year career for coach Bob Babb.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
31 May 2025
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The follow-up comment, which has received more than 200,000 likes, spurred debate over the new version’s ending, in which Nani (played by Sydney Elizebeth Agudong) moves to California for college and agrees to give up Lilo (Maia Kealoha) to the state, with the girl being raised by a neighbor.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2025
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If one or more teams are level at the end of the group stage, their finishing position will be determined by points obtained in the matches between the sides in question, not goal difference, like at the World Cup.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Both finished in the top three in voting, with Verse walking away with the award after posting 36 tackles and 4.5 sacks.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Verb
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Be sure safety equipment is not expired or damaged.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2025
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According to court documents, the employee fraudulently created a new medical marijuana card for herself after her card obtained in 2023 expired, KELO reported.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
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After 188 games, the 2024-25 Champions League comes to a conclusion on Saturday night in Munich as Paris Saint-Germain face off against Inter. Ahead of the game at the Allianz Arena, our writers James Horncastle and Michael Cox are on hand to answer your questions.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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In 2018, The Karate Kid franchise made a comeback with two seasons of Cobra Kai on the now-defunct YouTube Red channel before it was acquired by Netflix, which in turn produced four more seasons that came to a conclusion earlier this year.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Before her game this week against the Phoenix Mercury, Reese was asked about the investigation concluding that the claims were not substantiated.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
29 May 2025
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The court concluded that long-standing trade deficits do not constitute a sudden or extraordinary national emergency.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Yet, for some time now, there has been a third movement that tends to be articulated more in art than elsewhere, even if elsewhere there has long since ceased to be any alternative.—
Diedrich Diederichsen,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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The mayor also said that late-night establishments and all nightclubs must cease operations at midnight.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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“Wind up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wind%20up. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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