# wrap up

Pronunciation: US/UK say "rap-UP" /ˌɹæp ˈʌp/; AUS

## Phrasal verb

1. To bring something to a complete conclusion, or to come to an end.
   - Simple: To finish something completely, or to come to an end.
   - _The team hopes to wrap up the investigation before the end of the year._
   - _Filming wrapped up in Toronto after a four-month shoot._
2. To cover or enclose something by folding a covering all the way around it and securing it.
   - Simple: To cover something completely by folding paper, cloth, or other material around it.
   - _Let me wrap up the rest of the cake for you to take home._
   - _Scarves and sweaters wrap up more neatly than oddly shaped toys do._
3. To put plenty of warm clothing on oneself or someone else as protection from the cold.
   - Simple: To put on lots of warm clothes, or put them on someone, so as not to get cold.
   - _Spectators wrapped up in blankets and wool hats to watch the midnight fireworks._
   - _Parents wrap up their toddlers in snowsuits before letting them out to play._
5. To summarize something, briefly restating its main points.
   - Simple: To give a short summary of the main points of something.
   - _The anchor wrapped up the week's headlines in a ninety-second recap._
   - _To wrap up, let me go back over the three options you face._
7. To surround someone protectively, as if in a cocoon.
   - Simple: To keep someone safe by closing them in, like a cocoon.
   - _The small town wrapped up the grieving family in meals, visits, and quiet kindness._
   - _The soft music seemed to wrap him up and shut out the noise of the city._
8. To tie someone up, keeping them so occupied that they cannot respond or act.
   - Simple: To keep someone so busy that they cannot do anything else or answer.
   - _The agency wrapped up the inspectors in red tape until the deadline had passed._
   - _Reporters wrapped up the minister in budget questions until he ran out of time for his own announcement._
9. To combine or incorporate several things into a single whole.
   - Simple: To bring several things together into one.
   - _That one photograph wraps up everything she loved about the summer (the lake, her friends, the long evenings) in a single frame._
   - _The designers tried to wrap up every feature customers had asked for into a single model._
10. To curl into a more compact form, or to curl something into one.
   - Simple: To curl into a smaller, tighter shape, or to curl something that way.
   - _When the dog nudged it, the pill bug wrapped up into a gray ball no bigger than a pea._
   - _Climbers wrap up the extra rope into a neat coil before stowing it._
11. To hide or cover up something, often by dressing it in a more pleasing form.
   - Simple: To hide something, often by covering it with something nicer.
   - _The ad wraps up a bad deal in bright colors and big promises._
   - _Some families wrap up old scandals so tightly that the children never hear of them._

## Noun · wrap-up

Pronunciation: say "RAP-up" /ˈɹæpʌp/

4. A brief final summary of what came before, especially at the end of a news program.
   - Simple: A short summary at the end, especially of a news show.
   - _The evening news closes with a two-minute wrap-up of the day's top stories._
   - _Her weekly wrap-ups of city hall news are the most-read posts on the site._
6. A concluding action or stage; the conclusion of something.
   - Simple: The last part of something, when it is being finished.
   - _The wrap-up of the deal took longer than the negotiations themselves._
   - _Volunteers stayed late for the wrap-up, stacking chairs and counting the donations._

## Origin

Formed from the verb wrap up.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/wrap-up (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).