to wind down
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In Canadian and American English, this phrasal verb typically means:
to relax after a busy or difficult moment
to become less busy
EXAMPLES
(definition 1) “After a long day of work, I prefer to wind down by playing video games online with friends.”
(definition 1) “She has been working so much overtime lately that she could really use a vacation, an opportunity to finally wind down and recuperate.”
(definition 2) “From January to April is one of our busy seasons, so things don’t typically wind down at the office until May.”
(definition 2) “June this year was such a busy time for our family: grade 12 graduation, Kindergarten graduation, several birthdays, field trips, school ending, summer vacation beginning… My wife and I couldn’t wait for things to wind down in July.”
What do you do to wind down? Is there a particular time of year where things wind down for you? Why is that? Practice using this phrasal verb by letting me know in the comments below.