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| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | neglect to wind up the clock | забыть завести часы (to pay a visit, to provide smb. with letters of introduction, to pay one's debts, to verify one's quotations, etc., и т.д.) |
| gen. | wind up the alarm clock | завести будильник (улыбашка) |
| nautic. | wind up the clock | завести часы |