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winding up
In a business or legal context, this term refers to the formal process of liquidation. It carries a professional, administrative tone and implies a structured sequence of settling debts and distributing assets before a legal entity ceases to exist.
In casual British English, the term is frequently used to describe teasing or provoking someone. This usage is highly informal and suggests a playful or malicious intent to elicit a reaction, often through deception or repetitive annoyance.
When used intransitively to describe arriving at a destination or state, it emphasizes the unplanned or accidental nature of the outcome. It suggests a trajectory of events that led to an unexpected conclusion.
Meanings
To bring a business, activity, or legal process to a final conclusion and settle all outstanding accounts.
To deliberately annoy or provoke someone, often by teasing them or telling them something untrue.
Examples
The board of directors is winding up the subsidiary to cut losses.
I never thought I would end up winding up in a place like this.
The legal team is overseeing the winding up of the estate.
He is always winding up his younger brother about his haircut.
If you keep spending like that, you will be winding up broke.
The court issued a formal order for the winding up of the company.