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TeacherJapan Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Wind up?

Is this ‘wind up’ closer in meaning to “upset”?

The week YouVob released the results of a survey of the things that most wind up passengers as they scurry around the Tube.

  

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"upset" is not a million miles away, but "annoy" or "irritate" is closer to the meaning.

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  • "upset" is not a million miles away, but "annoy" or "irritate" is closer to the meaning.
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"upset" is not a million miles away, but "annoy" or "irritate" is closer to the meaning.

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By the way, that would not be readily understood by most Americans.

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