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wind something up. phrasal verb with wind verb uk / waɪnd / us / waɪnd / wound | wound. Add to word list. to close a business or organization: Lawyers were called in to wind up the company. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to stop operating permanently.
A wind-up is a joke or trick in which someone deliberately tells you something untrue in order to annoy you. [ British , informal ] At first I couldn't believe it.
noun. wind· up ˈwīnd-ˌəp. Synonyms of windup. 1. a. : the act of bringing to an end. b. : a concluding act or part : finish. 2. a. : a series of regular and distinctive motions (such as swinging the arms) made by a pitcher preparatory to releasing a pitch. b. : an exaggerated backswing (as in tennis) windup. 2 of 3. adjective.
wind-up noun [C usually singular] (BASEBALL) in baseball, the movement of the body that a pitcher makes before throwing the ball to the batter, usually involving lifting up the front leg and raising the hands above the head: He looked at the catcher for a sign and went into his wind-up.
to finally be somewhere or do something, especially without having planned it: If he carries on like this, he'll wind up in prison. [ + doing sth ] I wound up having to start the course from the beginning again. (Definition of wind up from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of wind up. in Spanish.
(British English, informal) to deliberately say or do something in order to annoy somebody. Calm down! Can't you see he's only winding you up? That can't be true! You're winding me up. related noun wind-up. wind something up. to stop running a company, business, etc. and close it completely.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English wind up phrasal verb 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 ...
Definition of wind-up noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a. The act of bringing something to an end. b. A concluding part; a conclusion. 2. Baseball The series of movements of a pitcher, including the swinging back of the arm and the raising of the forward foot, preparatory to pitching the ball. A wind-up is usually used when there are no base runners or when the bases are loaded. adj.
Wind up definition: the conclusion of any action, activity, etc.; the end or close.. See examples of WIND UP used in a sentence.
