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winds up one's bottoms

winds up one's bottoms is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) 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

Questions about winds up one's bottoms

What is winds up one's bottoms the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Winds up one's bottoms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wind up one's bottoms.

Words near winds up one's bottoms in the dictionary

  1. winds down
  2. winds of change
  3. winds off
  4. winds one's neck in
  5. winds up
  6. winds up one's bottoms
  7. windsail
  8. windsails
  9. WINDSAT
  10. Windscale
  11. windscoop

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