Meaning of wound up in English
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wound upDefinitions
1. brought to a state of great tensionExamples
- « all wound up for a fight »
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- « My first car, I got it in an auction at my temple. It was an '86 Volvo that I got for 500 bucks, and then wound up throwing $10,000 into the stereo system and put TVs in the foot rests. It was the most ridiculous Volvo you'd ever seen, but I had never had money before and I was out of my mind. » Shia LaBeouf
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