other words for wind down
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
And therewith she turned about and fled like the wind down the stream.
Soon he began to wind down the glaring chalk-track, and reached grass levels.
Clear very warm weather, a little breeze of wind down the river which prevented the heat from being so oppressive as yesterday.
Steadily following the lope of the taciturn leader, they wind down Pacheco Pass.
It was about midnight to judge by the moon—clear of snow and the wind down.
The clatter of a horse's iron-shod feet could be heard, telling that the rider was coming like the wind down the valley.
Herne's triumphant and demoniacal laugh was heard as he scoured with the swiftness of the wind down the long glade.
Away they sped like the wind down the smooth road, through a leafless forest.
Here is nothing to be heard but the murmuring of waters and the rushing of wind down the gulleys.
But a wind down the side streets cut like a knife, didn't it?
WORDS RELATED TO WIND DOWN
- abate
- abridge
- amputate
- attenuate
- become smaller
- clip
- close
- contract
- crop
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- de-escalate
- decline
- decrease
- degrade
- die down
- dilute
- diminish
- downsize
- drain
- dwindle
- ease
- erode
- grow less
- impair
- lighten
- minify
- minimize
- mitigate
- moderate
- narrow
- roll back
- shrink
- slack up
- slacken
- slow down
- soft-pedal
- take the bite out
- take the edge off
- take the sting out
- taper
- taper off
- thin
- truncate
- weaken
- wind down
- abate
- abridge
- amputate
- attenuate
- become smaller
- clip
- close
- contract
- crop
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- de-escalate
- decline
- decrease
- degrade
- die down
- dilute
- diminish
- downsize
- drain
- dwindle
- ease
- erode
- grow less
- impair
- lighten
- minify
- minimize
- mitigate
- moderate
- narrow
- roll back
- shrink
- slack up
- slacken
- slow down
- soft-pedal
- take the bite out
- take the edge off
- take the sting out
- taper
- taper off
- thin
- truncate
- weaken
- wind down