Effect
Wind up
Wind up verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Alas, her efforts to do so wind up making him more dangerous — to potentially universe-destroying levels — when Clara is killed as an accidental side effect.
Source: Ascended Fridge Horror -
In Mercedes Lackey's Heralds of Valdemar series, any powerful magic user is going to wind up with blue eyes regardless of what they were born with as a side effect from the amount of magic they use.
Source: Occult Blue Eyes -
Moving on horseback had the peculiar but nice effect that you could never be back attacked, or wind up entering the battle with only one character.
Source: High Speed Battle
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