Can
Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
Wind up
Wind up verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Both terms in one sentence
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But you, with your jungle and your long claws, as you call them, you'll wind up your miserable existence without anything you can call a friend.
- This can lead to a dissonance in play, where you can come out scoring a Flawless Victory against epic villains like Yaemon and wind up getting carved by an orc mook.
Source: Literature / Way of the Tiger -
However, overuse of them can destroy cover your squad could have used, and you can potentially wind up needing to advance through a killing field of enemies with no cover locations.
Source: Video Game / XCOM: Long War
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