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Synonyms & Antonyms of wind up
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- try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time
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- put paid to
- [chiefly British],
- ring down the curtain (on)
Antonyms for wind up
- begin,
- commence,
- inaugurate,
- open,
- start
- her speeches usually wind up with one last joke
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windup
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of windup (Entry 2 of 2)
- wait until the windup of your sales pitch before giving up any information about the product's price point
Synonyms for windup
- capper,
- close,
- closing,
- conclusion,
- consummation,
- end,
- endgame,
- ending,
- finale,
- finis,
- finish,
- grand finale,
- homestretch,
- mop-up,
- wrap-up
Words Related to windup
- acme,
- apex,
- capstone,
- climax,
- copestone,
- coup de grâce
- (or coup de grace),
- crescendo,
- crown,
- culmination,
- high-water mark,
- meridian,
- peak,
- pinnacle,
- summit,
- tip-top,
- top,
- zenith
- aftermath,
- anticlimax,
- coda,
- epilogue
- (also epilog),
- postscript
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“Wind up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wind%20up. Accessed 16 May. 2021.
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The first known use of wind up was in 1583
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