wind up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ wind )
1 . to bring an activity, meeting etc to an end:
OK, just to wind up, could I summarize what we’ve decided?
wind something ↔ up
It’s time to wind things up – I have a plane to catch.
2 . wind something ↔ up to close down a company or organization:
Our operations in Jamaica are being wound up.
3 . [linking verb] informal to be in an unpleasant situation or place after a lot has happened SYN end up
wind up in/at/with etc
You know you’re going to wind up in court over this.
wind up doing something
I wound up wishing I’d never come.
4 . wind somebody ↔ up British English to deliberately say or do something that will annoy or worry someone, as a joke ⇨ tease :
They’re only winding you up.
⇨ ↑ wound up
5 . wind something ↔ up to turn part of a machine around several times, in order to make it move or start working
6 . wind something ↔ up British English to make something, especially a car window, move up by turning a handle or pressing a button:
Could you wind the window up, please?