wind up

I wound up the spool of rope.

I wound up the clock.

The movie wound me up emotionally.

Try not to wind up the kids too much right before bedtime.

Of all their regrets, it was their inability to score an away goal that might wind up Klopp the most. Sadio Mané wasted a glorious chance in the first half and, late on, Mohamed Salah turned his shot against a post after a goal-line clearance had spun his way.

Wind up your window — it's starting to rain.

Mess around with drugs and wind up broke.

Even though he had bad news, he tried to wind up his speech on a positive note.

Twenty quid? Are you winding me up?

Coordinate term: wind down (the only sense in which "wind up" and "wind down" can be nearly or wholly synonymous, via alternative metaphors)

Paige seemed to be winding up for a fastball but then switched it up.