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• wrap-up
  wrap-up

  noun

  a final report or summary.
• wrap up
  wrap up

  verb

  (tr) to fold paper around

wrap-up

American  

[rap-uhp] / ˈræpˌʌp /

noun

wrap-ups plural

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.

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

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wrap up British  

verb

1. (tr) to fold paper around

2. to put warm clothes on

3. slang (usually imperative) to be silent

4. informal (tr)

   1. to settle the final details of

   2. to make a summary of

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wrap up Idioms  

1. 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]

2. Summarize, recapitulate, as in To wrap up, the professor went over the three main categories . [First half of the 1900s]

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Usage

What is a wrap-up? A wrap-up is a report or summary of something, as in Lana likes the wrap-ups of her essays to repeat what’s in her introductions. A wrap-up is also the conclusion of something, such as the final scene of a movie in which you find out what happens to all the characters. Wrap-up is a noun that comes from an informal sense of the verb phrase wrap up, meaning to make a summary of. Example: Did you ever get to create the wrap-up for the last meeting?

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• wrap-ups
  plural

Etymology

Origin of wrap-up

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

Example Sentences

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But this rushed wrap-up aside, Ms. Waldman has written a witty and enjoyable pastiche.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Barron’s brings retirement planning and advice to you in a weekly wrap-up of our articles about preparing for life after work.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2025

When the Oregonian’s editors rattled the reporters with a last-minute demand for an over-arching wrap-up of their extensive reporting, Christensen did not flinch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

The Extra Innings podcast returns to instead wrap-up the Mariners’ end-of-season press conference and not the 2023 season.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

The difference is simply in the upholstering, and, if you are provided with a good shawl or wrap-up, you need not be particular about that.

From Winter Sunshine by Burroughs, John

But even more tariffs are expected because the trade office is still working to wrap up a separate Section 301 probe into excess manufacturing capacity.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

But the litigation poses a major headache for David Ellison, who wants to wrap up the deal by September to avoid making higher payouts to Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The match could wrap up as late as 04:00 if it goes to penalties.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Ten days after the double shocks, which came just 38 seconds apart, rescue teams are starting to wrap up searches for survivors while families still try to recover bodies of loved ones from the wreckage.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

When Mr. Carlon finally told us to wrap up, I looked at June’s pictures again.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

Financial pages and tout sheets ran wrap-ups of meme action every year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025

That is to say, the pile-on of wrap-ups was a bit self-indulgent.

From The Verge ● May 2, 2019

Virtually every year since reporters have inquired after the status of these two-hour wrap-ups and been given answers that deflated most hopes that they would ever materialize.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2018

Though his name wasn't mentioned in the wrap-ups after Round 1, Day was quietly in the mix with a 70 on Thursday.

From Golf Digest ● Aug. 11, 2017

In the networks’ post-debate wrap-ups, the prevailing emotions seemed to be exhaustion, and sadness.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2016

Related Words

• close
• complete
• conclude
• end
• halt
• terminate
• wind up