wind up one's bottoms
wind up one's bottoms · winds up one's bottoms · wound up one's bottoms · winding up one's bottoms
To finish a jobTo finish a job.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, obsolete)To finish a job.
1770, Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, entry for 1770 February 5 http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html#banks Myself and the Dr went ashore today to wind up our bottoms
Forms
winds up one's bottoms, winding up one's bottoms, wound up one's bottoms, wound up one's bottoms| Base form | wind up one's bottoms · to wind up one's bottoms |
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| 3rd person singular | winds up one's bottoms |
| Present participle | winding up one's bottoms |
| Past simple | wound up one's bottoms |
| Past participle | wound up one's bottoms |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | wind up one's bottoms |
| he, she, it | winds up one's bottoms |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | wound up one's bottoms |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have wound up one's bottoms |
| he, she, it | has wound up one's bottoms |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will wind up one's bottoms |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle