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wind around

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wind something around something
to twist or coil something around something. Wind this cloth around your hand to stop the bleeding. Wind the string around this stick so it won't get all tangled up.
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wind around

[for something, such as a road] to make a turn or turns around. The road wound around and ended up at the lake. The path wound around and came to a stop at the cabin door.
See also: around, wind

wind around someone or something

to twist or coil around someone or something. The python wound around the rabbit, suffocating it. The vines wound around the gatepost.
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The artwork, entitled The Running Line, will wind around Saltwell Park in Gateshead to coincide with this year's race, and will require 141,000 pictures.
Using heavy white thread (button and carpet thread are the best for this), wind around tightly to hold it all together and then tie a knot (Fig 2).
Dame Kelly, 35, said she was alone in her room at the Olympic village in Athens in 2004 when she felt a gust of wind around her neck.
 
 
 
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