wind down
phrasal verb with wind verb uk/waɪnd/ uswound | wound
[ I or T ]
if a business, situation, activity, etc. winds down, or is wound down, it gradually ends:
They're winding down their overseas operation because it is losing money.
[ I ]
to start to relax gradually after a period of hard work or a worrying situation:
The City has started to wind down before the Christmas break.
The stressfulness of the job makes it hard to wind down on the weekends.