Wind up in ruin

COME TO A BAD END

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Wind up in ruin" plays on two meanings of "wind up." Literally, it suggests ending in a bad state ("ruin"), which matches "come to a bad end." The phrase also hints at the idiom itself—"come to a bad end" means to fail or meet disaster, reinforcing the clue’s double meaning. The wordplay ties the idea of finality ("end") to both the answer’s structure and its definition.