winding up one's bottoms
winding up one's bottoms is the present participle and gerund of wind up one's bottoms.
Meaning of wind up one's bottoms
Verb
wind up one's bottoms (third-person singular simple present winds up one's bottoms, present participle winding up one's bottoms, simple past and past participle wound up one's bottoms)
- To finish a job.
- Myself and the Dr went ashore today to wind up our bottoms1770, Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, entry for 1770 February 5 http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html#banks
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