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winds back

winds back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wind back.

Meaning of wind back

Verb

wind back (third-person singular simple present winds back, present participle winding back, simple past and past participle wound back)

  1. (transitive) To wind (a tape, cassette, or film, etc) towards the beginning; to rewind.

Questions about winds back

What is winds back the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Winds back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wind back.

Words near winds back in the dictionary

  1. Windrush generation
  2. Windrusher
  3. Windrushers
  4. winds
  5. winds around one's little finger
  6. winds back
  7. winds back the clock
  8. winds down
  9. winds of change
  10. winds off
  11. winds one's neck in

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