same as wind
to be in a particular place or situation not because you choose to, but because of other things that have happened
to close a business
to end something
to make someone angry or upset
to trick someone by telling them something that is not true
At first I thought they were winding me up.
Eventually, he closed his mouth, swallowed hard and said, `You're at the wind-up.
He looked a little suspiciously at me, as if he wasn't certain whether or not I was at the wind-up.
He provides the continuity for this family and I will not have him treated as a wind-up toy.
Hell of a row but it was hushed up because the banks already had their wind up due to cost overruns.
I’d like to wind up the meeting soon.
People are winding up in debt.
Please don’t wind him up – he causes me enough trouble.
Reduced sentence or not, he's still going to wind up in a Russian jail," Sabrina said.
The firm was later wound up with debts of £104,000.
We wouldn't have wanted to wind up roasted on your dinner plate.
You see, I thought I was going to wind up like my mother -- `
winds up
winding up
wound up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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