win up
C1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
To finish somewhere or in some situation (non-standard form of 'wind up').
Meanings
1 C1 informal
(Non-standard) To end up in a particular place or situation, used as an informal variant of 'wind up'.
"He kept making the wrong decisions and somehow won up in the same mess as before."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Not widely recognised as a standard phrasal verb. May be encountered as a dialectal or informal spelling or pronunciation variant of 'wind up'. ESL learners should use 'wind up' or 'end up' instead.
Commonly used with
trouble somewhere nowhere
Forms
Base
win up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
wins up
he/she/it
Past simple
won up
yesterday
Past participle
won up
have + pp
-ing form
winning up
continuous
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