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to be in a particular place or situation not because you choose to, but because of other things that have happened
There were no hotels available in San Francisco, so we wound up in Oakland.
Ted wound up owing almost $50,000 in loans for graduate school.
People are winding up in debt.
to end something
I'd like to wind up the meeting soon.
to close a business
to make someone angry or upset
Please don't wind him up, he causes me enough trouble.
to prepare to pitch the ball in baseball
to trick someone by telling them something that is not true
