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winding-up

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noun

  1. the process of finishing or closing something, esp the process of closing down a business

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Winding up on the wrong side of the scoreboard in a 19-14 preseason-opening loss to the Cincinnati Bengals didn't dampen the mood Saturday night.

From Fox News • Aug. 15, 2021

Winding up on the wrong side of organized retail investors might feel like an extra risk, though, given how high-profile the GameStop and AMC rallies were and how expensive they got.

From Slate • Aug. 12, 2021

Winding up the conversation to prepare for her next meeting, Allred signs off with the kind of catchy soundbite that’s become her stock in trade.

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2018

Winding up several hoses, her fingers ached in the cold.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2016

I hear the clarion shrill Winding up the icy hill, And aloud the bugle horn Proclaims another year is born.

From Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland by Hanna, Abigail Stanley

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