Someone should wind this post up and throw it in the wind

Someone should wind this post up and throw it in the wind.

What does the phrase “wind up” mean in the above sentence?

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The sentence is supposed to be another example of English words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently.

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They are called homographs.
Wind up could mean close, conclude, roll (back) etc.

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