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meaning of "wound up"
In this sentence:
I almost wound up going to that game?
What does "wound up" mean?
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In this case, "wound up" means "by chance I ended up" or "unintentionally arrived at"
For example,
"I was just walking around downtown, and I wound up at the bookstore."
or
"I didn't have any plans, so I called Sarah, and wound up going to the game with her."
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Wound up, In other cases, describes a persons excitement. They have high energy because they are anxiously happy about (in this case) a game.
I am wound up about going to the game.
I am wound up because of the game.
I am wound up from the excitement of the game.
The game has me wound up.
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Wind up doing something refers to what you do in the end, usually after some indecision or discussion. For example, if you weren't sure if you wanted to go watch a movie, or have dinner, you can say:
"We thought about going to the movies, then we realized we were really hungry so we wound up going to a restaurant to eat." [= in the end, we decided to go eat]
"If you continue to smoke so much every day, you're going to wind up in the hospital." [= in the end, you'll get sick and have to be hospitalized]
You can also use "end up."
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