Come
Wind up
Wind up verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Both terms in one sentence
- In one episode of Wally Gator two crooks come to the zoo to steal a platypus and wind up taking Wally instead because they read the name plate on his cage wrong.
Source: Accidental Kidnapping - 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 -
The clockwork spiders and clockwork golem that come in both wind up and steam powered flavors from Marleybone in the MMORPG Wizard 101.
Source: Clockwork Creature
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