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wind down

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wind down (something)
to end or cause something to end gradually. The storm finally began to wind down after four hours of heavy rain. We wound down our affairs in Europe and left for home.
See also: down, wind

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They heard the door pushed open, the howl of wind down the passage, and the beating of rain upon the stone flags.
But a wind down the side streets cut like a knife, didn't it?
As the girls grew warm and accustomed to the exercise they laughed, jested, screamed recklessly when they came into collision, and sailed before the wind down the whole length of the pond at perilous speed.
 
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