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wind down

UK/waɪnd ˈdaʊn/US/waɪnd ˈdaʊn/
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To wind down is to relax gradually, or to bring to a slow close. Wind down after work.

The business sense means closing an operation in stages rather than shutting it. Most people need an hour to wind down before sleep, which screens make harder.

Definitions of wind down

  1. 1phrasewind downTo relax gradually, or to bring to a slow close.B2

    “It took him an hour to wind down after every shift.”

wind down is a phrase.

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