wind-up
noun
[ ˈwʌɪndʌp ]
• an attempt to tease or irritate someone.
• "surely this was a wind-up"
• an act of concluding or finishing something.
• "a company wind-up"
• the motions of a pitcher preparing to pitch the ball.
wind up
• make a clock or other device operate by turning a handle or key.
• "he wound up the clock every Saturday night"
• arrange the affairs of and dissolve a company.
• "the company has since been wound up"
• arrive or end up in a specified state, situation, or place.
• "she wound up in hospital with pneumonia"
Similar:
end up,
finish up,
find oneself,
land up,
land oneself,
fetch up,
• make someone tense or angry.
• "he was clearly wound up and frantic about his daughter"
• prepare to throw or punch something with great force.
• "she wound up and hit him hard"
