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All wind up synonyms

wind up
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verb wind up

  • make ready β€” the state or condition of being ready.
  • jape β€” to jest; joke; gibe.
  • call it quits β€” to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
  • excite β€” Cause strong feelings of enthusiasm and eagerness in (someone).
  • button down β€” (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
  • intermitted β€” to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
  • culminate β€” If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
  • go whole hog β€” Nautical. (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch. Compare sag (def 6a).
  • achieve β€” If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
  • give over β€” to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • finish β€” to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
  • come to a halt β€” stop suddenly
  • overexcite β€” to excite too much.
  • come to an end β€” to become completed or exhausted
  • come of β€” to be descended from
  • become of β€” to happen to; be the fate of
  • end β€” Come or bring to a final point; finish.
  • nark β€” a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
  • do justice to β€” to show to full advantage
  • cinching β€” a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
  • deliver the goods β€” to produce or perform something promised or expected
  • consummate β€” You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
  • blow off β€” If you blow something off, you ignore it or choose not to deal with it.
  • go the distance β€” the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
  • give notice β€” warn, inform
  • mop up β€” a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
  • deal with β€” When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
  • get it together β€” to achieve one's full potential, either generally as a person or in a particular field of activity
  • get with it β€” (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
  • make short work of β€” exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • nerve β€” one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
  • hang up β€” the way in which a thing hangs.
  • conclude β€” If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
  • determine β€” If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
  • liquidate β€” to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
  • fruited β€” having or bearing fruit.
  • intermitting β€” to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
  • look after β€” to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
  • get through β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • carry through β€” If you carry something through, you do it or complete it, often in spite of difficulties.
  • fruiting β€” any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
  • infuriate β€” to make furious; enrage.
  • button up β€” to fasten (a garment) with a button or buttons
  • do one's thing β€” a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
  • make good β€” morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
  • madden β€” to anger or infuriate: The delays maddened her.
  • give up β€” the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • be-have β€” to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
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