Wind Up Phrasal Verbs Wound Up Winding Up - Meaning Explanation Examples - ESL British English
A full explanation of the phrasal verb wind up, wound up, winding up and of the phrasal noun a wind up.
If you wind up a watch you turn the knob on the side of the watch to increase the tension of the spring. If you wind somebody up you tease them or laugh at them. So figuratively you are putting their spring under tension. A wind up is a joke or prank. If you wind up a meeting, event or a lesson you begin to bring it to an end, you finish off. If you wind up a company you terminate it, you liquidate all the assets, pay all the debts and share the procedes among the shareholders.
The phrasal verb to wind up is transitive and intransitive. When the phrasal verb wind up is transitive it is separable.
The video contains examples of the phrasal verb wind up in a sentence.
His friends were winding him up.
It is just a wind up, don´t take it seriously.
They wound up the company.
It is time to wind up this lesson.
I need to wind up my watch.
This clockwork toy needs winding up.
I am going to wind up now.
To wind up ... to give energy to a clockwork mechanism, to tease somebody, to terminate a process, to finish a company.
To wind up a company is a slightly formal phrasal verb.
To wind somebody up and tease is a very informal slang phrasal verb.
To wind up bring a process to an end is a neutral formality phrasal verb.
Phrasal verbs like wind up are good to add to your vocabulary for official exams like CAE CPE or IELTS.
Remember it is important to use the correct syntax when using phrasal verbs.
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