wind up

wind up
1) PHRASAL VERB When you wind up an activity, you finish it or stop doing it.

[V P n (not pron)] The President is about to wind up his visit to Somalia...

[V P n (not pron)] Winding up the debate, she said: `It would immediately put up interest rates.' [Also V n P]

2) PHRASAL VERB When someone winds up a business or other organization, they stop running it and close it down completely.

[V P n (not pron)] The Bank of England seems determined to wind up the company. [Also V n P]

3) PHRASAL VERB If you wind up in a particular place, situation, or state, you are in it at the end of a series of actions, events, or experiences, even though you did not originally intend to be.

[V P prep/adv] He could wind up in gaol...

[V P -ing] Little did I know that I would actually wind up being on the staff...

[V P adj/n] Both partners of the marriage wound up unhappy.

Syn:
finish up, end up
4) PHRASAL VERB When you wind up something such as the window of a car, you make it move upwards by turning a handle.

[V n P] He started winding the window up but I grabbed the door and opened it.

Syn:
Ant:
5) PHRASAL VERB If you wind someone up, you deliberately say things which annoy them. [BRIT, INFORMAL]

[V n P] This woman really wound me up. She kept talking over me. [Also V P n (not pron)]

Syn:
6) PHRASAL VERB If you wind someone up, you say untrue things in order to trick them. [BRIT, INFORMAL]

[V n P] You're joking. Come on, you're winding me up. [Also V P n (not pron)]

Syn:
7) See also 3), wind-up, wound up

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