Rule and Wind up

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Rule verb - To exercise authority or power over.

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Wind up and rule are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wind up" instead a verb "Rule".

Nearby Words: ruling, ruler, ruled

Wind up verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.

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Rule and wind up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rule" instead a verb "Wind up".

Rule of Funny Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right: The reason they wind up dropping the elephant out of a plane.

Source: Film / Operation: Dumbo Drop
That rule is a little looser for those ponies of the Republic who think of themselves as griffons — but they can wind up being looked upon with pity or worse, and are reluctant to eat in public.

Source: Fan Fic / Triptych Continuum
For example, those who lived a Lawful Evil existence wind up in Baator where their immortal soul is tortured to empower the devils who rule the plane, while evil warlords may face an eternity of war on the Infernal Battlefield of Acheron.

Source: Circles of Hell

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