wrap-up

[ rap-uhp ]
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noun
  1. a final report or summary: a wrap-up of the evening news.

  2. the conclusion or final result: the wrap-up of the election campaign.

  1. Australian Slang. an enthusiastic recommendation or flattering account.

Origin of wrap-up

1
First recorded in 1950–55; noun use of verb phrase wrap up

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How to use wrap-up in a sentence

  • Rashid retired to wrap up the purchase, and with it a second and smaller package was slipped into the customer's hand.

    Dope | Sax Rohmer
  • As soon as we had breakfasted, I got out my sled 'Dauntless,' and told Mary to wrap up, and bring her skates along.

  • If you wrap up in this cloak and go out quietly now, while it is half dark, you may get clear out of the palace unobserved.

  • Let me show you a room; get your things off and wrap up in blankets till your maid can come from Brockenhurst with some clothes.

    The Angel of Pain | E. F. Benson
  • Wrap up each cutlet carefully in white paper, oiled or buttered.

British Dictionary definitions for wrap up

wrap up

verb(adverb)
  1. (tr) to fold paper around

  2. to put warm clothes on

  1. (usually imperative) slang to be silent

  2. (tr) informal

    • to settle the final details of

    • to make a summary of

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Other Idioms and Phrases with wrap-up

wrap-up

Bring to a conclusion, settle successfully, as in As soon as we wrap up this deal, we can go on vacation. [First half of 1900s]

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