wind off
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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wind off (third-person singular simple present winds off, present participle winding off, simple past and past participle wound off)
- (transitive) To unwind, unspool, or unreel something.
- Wind me off about ten feet.
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
wind off (third-person singular simple present winds off, present participle winding off, simple past and past participle winded off)
- (idiomatic, transitive) To cancel (an event) due to high wind speeds.
- Our crane operations have been winded off for two weeks!