Thesaurus / winds down
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synonyms for winds down
- lie down
- recline
- sit back
- take it easy
- unwind
- breathe easy
- calm down
- catch one's breath
- chill out
- collect oneself
- compose oneself
- cool off
- feel at home
- hang loose
- loosen up
- make oneself at home
- mellow out
- put one's feet up
- rest
- settle back
- sit around
- take a break
- take a breather
- take a load off
- take ten
- wind down
- abate
- curtail
- decrease
- dilute
- diminish
- dwindle
- ease
- erode
- impair
- lighten
- minimize
- mitigate
- narrow
- shrink
- slacken
- taper off
- weaken
- abridge
- amputate
- attenuate
- clip
- close
- contract
- crop
- cut
- decline
- de-escalate
- degrade
- downsize
- drain
- minify
- moderate
- soft pedal
- taper
- thin
- truncate
- become smaller
- cut back
- die down
- grow less
- roll back
- slack up
- slow down
- take the bite out
- take the edge off
- take the sting out
- wind down
- curtail
- cut
- cut down
- diminish
- dwindle
- lessen
- lower
- pare
- scale down
- shorten
- slash
- trim
- weaken
- abate
- abridge
- bankrupt
- break
- cheapen
- chop
- clip
- contract
- debase
- deflate
- depreciate
- depress
- diet
- dilute
- discount
- drain
- impair
- impoverish
- knock off
- moderate
- pauperize
- rebate
- recede
- ruin
- shave
- slim
- taper
- truncate
- bant
- cut back
- go on a diet
- lose weight
- mark down
- nutshell
- roll back
- slow down
- step down
- take off weight
- taper off
- tone down
- turn down
- wind down
- breathe
- lean
- lie down
- relax
- sit down
- stretch out
- doze
- dream
- drowse
- idle
- laze
- loaf
- loll
- lounge
- nap
- nod
- recline
- repose
- slack
- slacken
- slumber
- snooze
- spell
- unbend
- unlax
- unwind
- be at ease
- be comfortable
- compose oneself
- ease off
- ease up
- let down
- let up
- lie by
- lie still
- put feet up
- refresh oneself
- slack off
- take a break
- take a nap
- take five
- take it easy
- take life easy
- take ten
- take time out
- wind down
- abate
- curb
- curtail
- decelerate
- decrease
- diminish
- hinder
- impede
- lag
- lessen
- moderate
- reduce
- relax
- retard
- slacken
- stall
- temper
- brake
- check
- choke
- detain
- handicap
- loiter
- mire
- postpone
- procrastinate
- qualify
- quiet
- reef
- regulate
- stunt
- anchor it
- back-water
- bog down
- cut back
- cut down
- ease off
- ease up
- embog
- hit the brakes
- hold back
- hold up
- keep waiting
- let down flaps
- lose speed
- lose steam
- reduce speed
- rein in
- set back
- wind down
- abate
- bate
- close
- come to a point
- die away
- die out
- diminish
- drain
- dwindle
- fade
- lessen
- narrow
- recede
- reduce
- rescind
- subside
- thin
- thin out
- wane
- weaken
- wind down
- abolish
- abort
- adjourn
- annul
- cancel
- cease
- complete
- conclude
- cut off
- determine
- discharge
- discontinue
- dismiss
- dissolve
- eliminate
- expire
- halt
- put an end to
- recess
- restrict
- sack
- wrap up
- achieve
- bounce
- bound
- close
- confine
- define
- desist
- drop
- end
- extinguish
- fire
- issue
- lapse
- limit
- perfect
- prorogue
- result
- scratch
- scrub
- tether
- wrap
- bring to an end
- come to an end
- prorogate
- run out
- ultimate
- wind down
- wind up
- sit back
- take it easy
- quieten
- recline
- rest
- calm down
- ease off
- loosen up
- quiet down
- slow down
- take a break
- wind down
- abate
- atrophy
- decrease
- die down
- die out
- dim
- dwindle
- ebb
- fade
- peter out
- shrink
- slacken
- subside
- taper off
- weaken
- wither
- decline
- drop
- fail
- fall
- moderate
- relent
- sink
- die away
- draw to a close
- ease off
- fade away
- fall short
- let up
- slack off
- waste away
- wind down
- breathe
- ease off
- mellow out
- recuperate
- relax
- rest
- sit down
- slow down
- stop for a breath
- take a break
- take ten
- wind down
- abate
- dwindle
- lessen
- recede
- subside
- taper off
- bate
- close
- diminish
- drain
- fade
- narrow
- reduce
- rescind
- thin
- wane
- weaken
- die away
- die out
- thin out
- wind down
- conclude
- do
- end
- halt
- shutter
- cap
- cease
- clear
- clinch
- consummate
- culminate
- determine
- discontinue
- fold
- terminate
- ultimate
- button down
- button up
- call it a day
- call off
- cut loose
- drop the curtain
- fold up
- pack it in
- put a lid on
- put to bed
- sew up
- shut down
- wind down
- wind up
- wrap up
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How to use winds down in a sentence
The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMANHis wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINSo he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENDo not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSThe two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINBut, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTAs Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.The volcanic eruptions of the mountains on the west broke down its barriers, and let its waters flow.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSShe set off down Trafalgar Road in the mist and the rain, glad that she had been compelled to walk.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT