Close
Close verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Usage example: we'll close the assembly with the singing of our national anthem
Wind up is a synonym for close in end topic. In some cases you can use "Wind up" instead a verb "Close", when it comes to topics like activity, complete, start, stop.
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
- Usually, they'll either mess it up and actually come close to drowning, or wind up with the "wrong" person trying to resucitate them.
Source: Kiss of Life -
Bonus points if the rescue team cuts it so close that they and their rescuee wind up Outrunning the Fireball afterward.
Source: Strapped to a Bomb -
The three wind up being close friends by the beginning of season two with Wally/Artemis as the Official Couple, but Robin and Artemis' interaction came off as unintentionally flirty to some viewers.
Source: One True Threesome
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