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Wig out
Become excited and lose control
“I suppose we should WIG OUT before they notice we're late.”
Wiggle out
Avoid doing
“We need to WIGGLE OUT before someone notices.”
Wiggle out of
Avoid doing something
“We need to WIGGLE OUT OF before someone notices.”
Wimp out
Not be brave enough to do something
“We need to WIMP OUT before someone notices.”
Win back
Win something again that you had lost
“We need to WIN BACK before someone notices.”
Win out
Succeed after a difficult process
“It took a long time, but we WON OUT eventually.”
Win over
Get someone's support
“I'll WIN OVER your story.”
Win round
Persuade someone to support you
“I'll WIN ROUND your story.”
Win through
Succeed after a struggle
“The negotiations have been difficult, but most people expect the government to WIN THROUGH in the end.”
Wind down
Relax
“Just WIND DOWN and think clearly.”
Wind on
Forward a film or tape to a certain point
“They're WINDING ON a summer launch date.”
Wind up
Close a company because it's unprofitable
“The seafood didn't WIND UP me at all.”
Winkle out
Find or get something that takes a great deal of effort
“We need to WINKLE OUT what happened.”
Winnow down
Reduce the size of a group of people or things to have the best
“You need to WINNOW DOWN on sugar.”
Winnow out
Remove the bad or less satisfactory people or things from a group to leave the best
“I suppose we should WINNOW OUT before they notice we're late.”
Wipe out
Make someone very tired
“She's always WIPEG UP OUT stories.”
Wipe up
Remove a liquid from a surface using a cloth
“I suppose we should WIPE UP before they notice we're late.”
Wire up
Make electrical connections
“She's always WIREG UP UP stories.”
Wise up
Stop being stupid
“We had to WISE UP the meeting.”
Word up
Give someone information, advice
“The police were WORDING UP a tip from an informer.”
Word up!
A phrase that was used a greeting
“We've WORDN UP. all the milk.”
Work off
Exercise to remove stress or weight
“I suppose we should WORK OFF before they notice we're late.”
Work on
To spend time repairing or improving something.
“We need to WORK ON before someone notices.”
Work out
End nicely
“Things were going wrong for them but fortunately it all WORKED OUT in the end.”