2009년 7월 24일 금요일

wind down

1. PHRASAL VERB
When you wind down something such as the window of a car, you make it move downwards by turning a handle.
  • Glass motioned to him to wind down the window.
  • If a stranger stops you, just wind the window down a fraction.
  • ≠ wind up
3. PHRASAL VERB
If someone winds down a business or activity, they gradually reduce the amount of work that is done or the number of people that are involved, usually before closing or stopping it completely.
  • Foreign aid workers have already begun winding down their operation.
  • In 1991 the Ada plant began to wind down.
.... Cobuild

wind down (something):
to end or cause something to end gradually
  • The storm finally began to wind down after four hours of heavy rain.
  • We wound down our affairs in Europe and left for home.
  • Let's wind this party down and try to get people to go home. It's really late.
  • We tried to wind down the party, but it kept running.
  • Things will begin to wind down at the end of the summer.
  • As things wind down, life will be a lot easier.
  • The clock wound down and finally stopped.

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