WOUND UP Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

wound up

verb

variants also winded up

past tense of wind up

as in finished

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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as in ended

to come to an end her speeches usually wind up with one last joke

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Its earliest art exhibitions date back to the eighteen-forties, though the west wing, designed by McKim, Mead & White, wasn’t finished until 1897, less than a year before the formation of the modern City of New York.

The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
The stand-alone Rishi episode was a perfect example of why audiences flocked to Industry in its third season, which just finished.

Zachary Siegel, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024

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