Definition of wind_up - WordReference.com Dictionary

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wind_up
A	verb
	1	finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish
			finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish
	2	wind, wind up
			coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚tighten; fasten ╚wind, wind up
	3	arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up
			stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚arouse; elicit; enkindle; kindle; evoke; fire; raise; provoke ╚stimulate; shake; shake up; excite; stir ╚arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up ╚tempt
	4	wind up
			give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚swing ╚wind up

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