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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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This sort of dodge is more acceptable on television than it is on the big screen, which implicitly promises at least a partial wrap-up after almost two hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Kelly Sumner, chair of Pilton Parish Council, added: "In our wrap-up meeting, villagers' comments were overwhelmingly supportive of how well the traffic was managed for the 2025 festival."

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

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

Here’s our wrap-up of the themes that defined entertainment in 2023 and how they’ll bleed into the next 52 weeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024

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 John Burroughs

I realize that’s a heavy way to wrap up the week, so let’s shift gears.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

PDT on Prime Video, the NBA announced Wednesday during another stage of the schedule release that will wrap up Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

If there is a will, he will likely have named an executor to wrap up his affairs, pay any remaining debts and ensure his wishes are upheld.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

And they wrap up with Giant Peach - a song about growing up in London and the band's "love affair" with the "this dark and pretty town".

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

That’s why it took her so long to wrap up four cookies.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

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