wrap up

phraseB22 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To wrap up is to finish something off — or to dress warmly. Two senses, and only one involves paper.

The finishing sense is used about meetings, filming and negotiations, so wrapping up a discussion means bringing it to a close, and in film the wrap is the moment shooting ends. The dressing sense is British and warm, since being told to wrap up warm before going out is a piece of maternal advice everybody recognises. The literal sense of wrapping a present sits underneath both.

Definitions of wrap up

1phrasebringTo bring something to a conclusion.B2
“Let us wrap up before the room is needed.”
2phrasewrap upTo dress warmly.B2
“Wrap up well, it is bitter out there.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 22 of A Man Called Ove.

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wrap up

phraseB22 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To wrap up is to finish something off — or to dress warmly. Two senses, and only one involves paper.

Definitions of wrap up

1phrasebringTo bring something to a conclusion.B2
“Let us wrap up before the room is needed.”
2phrasewrap upTo dress warmly.B2
“Wrap up well, it is bitter out there.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 22 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word