sum-up

American  

[suhm-uhp] / ˈsʌmˌʌp /

Or sumup

noun

1. the act or result of summing up; summary.

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sum up British  

verb

1. to summarize (feelings, the main points of an argument, etc)

   the judge began to sum up

2. (tr) to form a quick opinion of

   I summed him up in five minutes

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sum up Idioms  

1. Present the substance of, summarize, as in They always sum up the important news in a couple of minutes, or That expletive sums up my feelings about the matter. [Early 1600s]

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Etymology

Origin of sum-up

First recorded in 1890–95; noun use of verb phrase sum up

Example Sentences

Mistakes and missed chances will sum-up this failed Chiefs season, and in some eyes it will tarnish the previously almost flawless Mahomes legacy.

From BBC

The coaches were asked to avoid asking her open-ended questions in the morning and to provide a sum-up at the end of team briefings to ensure they had been understood.

From BBC

The snow clearing is a really useful sum-up of the entire problem.

From Scientific American

In her absence, Mrs. Bindle proceeded to sum-up her character from the evidence that her home contained.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a final sum-up before they voted and I think it was at the beginning of that.

From The Guardian

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