wind someone up

Related to word: wind

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Definition (action)

  1. to deceive someone for amusement by telling false information

    • He wound me up with false information, and I couldn't help but laugh.

    • We often wind each other up, especially when we want to tease a friend.

    • That kid loves to wind up his classmates just to make everyone laugh.

Definition (emotion)

  1. to irritate or disturb someone

    • He always likes to wind me up, and this time he did it on purpose.

    • Her jokes really wind me up; I can hardly tolerate them.

    • If she keeps this up, she will only wind everyone up.