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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.”