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wound up one's bottoms

wound up one's bottoms is the simple past and past participle 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 wound up one's bottoms

What is wound up one's bottoms the simple past and past participle of?
Wound up one's bottoms is the simple past and past participle of wind up one's bottoms.

Words near wound up one's bottoms in the dictionary

  1. wound parasite
  2. wound parasites
  3. wound rotor
  4. wound rotors
  5. wound up
  6. wound up one's bottoms
  7. wound wood
  8. wound-up
  9. woundability
  10. woundable
  11. woundcare

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