1.
When you wind up an activity, you finish it or stop doing it.
The President is about to wind up his visit to Somalia...
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , also V n P
2.
When someone winds up a business or other organization, they stop running it and close it down completely. ( BUSINESS )
The Bank of England seems determined to wind up the company.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , also V n P
3.
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.
He could wind up in gaol...
Little did I know that I would actually wind up being on the staff...
Both partners of the marriage wound up unhappy.
= finish up, end up
PHRASAL VERB : V P prep / adv , V P -ing , V P adj / n
4.
When you wind up something such as the window of a car, you make it move upwards by turning a handle.
He started winding the window up but I grabbed the door and opened it.
= roll up
≠ wind down
PHRASAL VERB : V n P
5.
If you wind someone up , you deliberately say things which annoy them. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
This woman really wound me up. She kept talking over me.
= annoy
PHRASAL VERB : V n P , also V P n (not pron)
6.
If you wind someone up , you say untrue things in order to trick them. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
You’re joking. Come on, you’re winding me up.
= kid
PHRASAL VERB : V n P , also V P n (not pron)
7.
see also wind 3, wind-up , wound up