"wind one's neck in" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: winds one's neck in [present, singular, third-person], winding one's neck in [participle, present], wound one's neck in [participle, past], wound one's neck in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|wind<,,wound> one's neck in}} wind one's neck in (third-person singular simple present winds one's neck in, present participle winding one's neck in, simple past and past participle wound one's neck in)
  1. (UK, informal, chiefly imperative) to stop talking or arguing; shut up. Tags: UK, imperative, informal
    Sense id: en-wind_one's_neck_in-en-verb-LzmkKDtS Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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