wind sb up

— Phrasal Verb with wind

/waɪnd/ verb (past tense and past participle wound)

Definition

UK informal

JOKE › to tell someone something that is not true, as a joke: Have I really won or are you winding me up?

ANNOY › to annoy someone: He keeps complaining and it really winds me up.

(Definition of wind sb up from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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