1.
When you ~ an activity, you finish it or stop doing it.
The President is about to ~ 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 ~ the company.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
3.
If you ~ 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 ~ in gaol...
Little did I know that I would actually ~ 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 ~ 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