Operate
Wind up
Wind up verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Even the most carefully designed essies wind up with huge personality disorders, or operate under Blue and Orange Morality.
Source: Fanfic / Starlight Over Detrot -
This does not go so well, as none of the prisoners know how to operate a ship and they wind up running aground in the Arctic circle.
Source: Franchise / Doc Savage - This does not go so well, as none of the prisoners kmow how to operate a ship and they wind up running aground in the Arctic circle.
Source: Prison Ship
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