Climax
Wind up
Wind up verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Usage example: try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- The climax of the game is a shoot-out between Alexander's FBI goons, 47, the wheelchair-bound Jack Alexander himself, and an innocent priest and reporter who wind up getting caught in the crossfire.
Source: The Dragon / Video Games -
For whatever reason, often resulting from a Chase Scene or an attempted and botched escape (sometimes courtesy of a Climbing Climax), two characters wind up squaring off on a rooftop.
Source: Rooftop Confrontation -
The climax of The Return of Tarzan has Tarzan, his best friend, his cousin, and his estranged love interest, each on separate journeys with different destinations, all wind up in the same patch of African jungle.
Source: Contrived Coincidence
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