wind up

wind someone up

1. Inf. Fig. to get someone excited. That kind of music really winds me up!

2. . Inf. Fig. to get someone set to do a lot of talking. (Fig. on winding up a clock.) The excitement of the day wound Kelly up and she talked almost all night. A good movie tends to wind me up for a while.

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wind something up

1. Lit. to tighten the spring in something, such as a watch or a clock. Please wind your watch up now—before it runs down. Wind up your watch before you forget.

2. Fig. to conclude something. Today we'll wind that deal up with the bank. I have a few items of business to wind up. Then I'll be with you.

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wind up

somehow to end up in some fashion. I don't want to wind up broke and depressed. You don't want to wind up like Ted, do you?

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wind up (as) something

to end up as something. Roger wound up as a millionaire. He thought he would wind up a pauper.

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wind up

to reach a place or condition end up If he continues to spend money this way, he's going to wind up in bankruptcy. How did you ever wind up in this little town in the middle of nowhere?

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wind up (something) also wind something up

to end or finish something The meeting just wound up, so let's go to lunch now. We should be able to wind the discussion up by 10 o'clock.

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Do you suppose it was by accident, I forgot to wind up the church- clock? Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context	willing willy-nilly wimp out win Win a few, lose a few win at win away win back win by a nose win hands down win heart win out win over win the day win through wince at wind wind around wind back wind down wind in wind into wind off wind onto wind through wind up wind up with window window of opportunity wine wine and dine wing wing it wing way wink wink at wink away winner winner take all winter winter over wipe wipe away wipe down Wipe it off! wipe off wipe off the face of the earth wipe off the map wipe out wipe slate clean and wipe the slate clean wipe the floor up with	Wind surfing wind surge Wind symphony wind tee wind tee Wind Terbines Wind Terbines wind through wind tide Wind to Thy Wings Wind triangle wind tunnel wind tunnel Wind Tunnel Enterprise Wind Tunnel Model Wind Tunnel Road Wind Tunnel Technical Center Wind Tunnel Test Wind tunnels Wind tunnels wind turbine wind turbine Wind Turbine Engineering Wind Turbine Generator Wind Turbine Safety Rule Wind Turbine Syndrome Wind turbines Wind turbines Wind turbline Wind turbline wind up wind up doing wind up doing something Wind Up Merchant wind up with wind uplift wind valley wind vane wind vane Wind Vector Cell Wind velocity Wind velocity Wind velocity Wind Velocity At ... Wind Waker Wind wave Wind Wave Direction Wind Wave Height Wind Wave Period Wind wheel Wind winnowing Wind winnowing Wind, Reel, And Print wind-bell wind-bells wind-borne wind-borne disease Wind-break wind-broken

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Do you suppose it was by accident, I forgot to wind up the church- clock?

Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context