wind up

Found in thesaurus: move, act, swing, stir, shake, stimulate, excite, shake up, fasten, tighten

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wind up
v. twist a knob in order to make something run (e.g. a watch, toy, clock, etc.) up; end, be finished (e.g. a meeting); finish something, bring something to a close (e.g a project, meeting); reach a certain state or course of action because of something else

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wind up

Verb
1. finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
(synonym) finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, finish
(hypernym) act, move
(derivation) completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up
2. give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching
(hypernym) swing
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
3. stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
(synonym) arouse, sex, excite, turn on
(hypernym) stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
(hyponym) tempt
4. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
(synonym) wind
(hypernym) tighten, fasten
(entail) turn


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wind up
znaleźć się gdzieś/w pewnej sytuacji
 
wind someone up
rozzłościć kogoś
 
wind something up
kończyć, zamykać

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wind up
bring or come to an end, finish, stop The meeting wound up about midnight and we were able to go home.