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Wind up

verb

Finally be or do something. Synonyms: end up, fetch up, finish, finish up, land up. "He wound up being unemployed and living at home again"

Give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching.

Stimulate sexually. Synonyms: arouse, excite, sex, turn on.

Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem. Synonym: wind.

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"Wind up" Quotes from Famous Books

... what do I see—one police officer leaving the front door and another sunning himself in the vestibule. How many more of you are within I do not presume to ask. Some half-dozen, no doubt, and not one of you smart enough to wind up this matter and have ...

— The Filigree Ball • Anna Katharine Green

... popular representation, which, in a measure, proved the commencement of the great Revolution. And there too, in 1822, Felix Neff preached to large congregations, who were so anxious and attentive that he always after spoke of the place as his "dear Vizille;" and now, to wind up the vicissitudes of the great hall, it is used as a place for the printing ...

— The Huguenots in France • Samuel Smiles

... of the ambulance was a corporal of the R.A.M.C., and he had the "wind up," that is, he had an aversion ...

— Over The Top • Arthur Guy Empey

... entertainment will wind up with a dialogue between Arthur (JONES) and Hubert (HERKOMER), of which we give an extract. It represents Arthur as wishing to produce a piece, which Hubert forewarns him will be a failure unless he (HUBERT) paints the ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 102, February 6, 1892 • Various

... a wheel-work to wind up, And be discharged, and straight wound up anew? No! grown, his growth lasts; taught, he ne'er forgets: May learn a thousand things, ...

— Familiar Quotations • John Bartlett

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