W
Idioms beginning with "W"
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[win out] {v. phr.}
To win after a rather protracted struggle.
The lawsuit lasted a long time, but we finally won out.
[win over] {v. phr.}
To convert to one's position or point of view.
The Democrats offered him a high-level executive position and thus way won him over to their side.
[wind]
See:
[GET WIND OF],
[GOD TEMPERS THE WIND TO THE SHORN LAMB],
[GONE WITH THE WIND],
[IN THE WIND],
[IT IS AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD],
[SECOND WIND],
[STRAW IN THE WIND],
[TAKE THE WIND OUT OF ONE'S SAILS],
[THREE SHEETS IN THE […]
[wind up] {v.}
1. To tighten the spring of a machine; to make it work or run.
Mary wound up the toy car and let it run across the room.
He doesn't have to wind up his watch because it is run by a battery.
2. To make very excited, nervous, […]
[windbag] {n.}
Someone who talks too much; a boring person.
Uncle Joe goes on and on; he is a boring windbag.
[windfall] {n.}
An unexpected gift or gain of sizeable proportion.
The unexpected retroactive pay raise was a most welcome windfall.
[window dressing] {n. phr.}
An elaborate exterior, sometimes designed to conceal one's real motives.
All those fancy invitations turned out to be nothing but window dressing.
* /All he really wanted was to be introduced to my influential […]