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Synonyms for wind-up


Grammar : Noun
Spell : wahynd-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwaɪndˌʌp

Top 10 synonyms for wind-up Other synonyms for the word wind-up

Définition of wind-up

  • As in breakup : noun end of relationship
  • As in closing : noun end
  • As in stopping point : noun end
  • As in terminus : noun end
  • As in consummation : noun achievement, fulfillment
  • As in finish : noun conclusion; completion
Example sentences :
  • Nothing like it has ever been seen at the wind-up of a five-mile race on the Euston track.
  • Extract from : « Cab and Caboose » by Kirk Munroe
  • I've often thought that would be my wind-up some of these fine days, to starve to death.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay » by G. Harvey Ralphson
  • As a wind-up to the season they'd taken her on a yachtin' trip up the coast.
  • Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
  • They had scarce even waited for the wind-up of his harangue.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Slaves » by Mayne Reid
  • The wind-up of this little affair with the police was more amusing than the arrest.
  • Extract from : « My Life » by Josiah Flynt
  • Towards the wind-up the Yankee band struck up "Yankee Doodle."
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences of a Private » by Frank M. Mixson
  • The Hunt Dinner pictures the wind-up of a successful day's sport.
  • Extract from : « Rowlandson the Caricaturist. First Volume » by Joseph Grego
  • When he's tempted to get the "wind-up," he glances down at the patch on his arm.
  • Extract from : « The Glory of the Trenches » by Coningsby Dawson
  • But since the incident at the wind-up of the bushbuck hunt the estrangement had widened.
  • Extract from : « The White Hand and the Black » by Bertram Mitford
  • His wind-up before delivering the ball was most bewildering.
  • Extract from : « Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager » by Burt L. Standish

Antonyms for wind-up

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