Definition
To conclude or finish completely.
To summarize or recapitulate.
To put on abundant clothing as protection from the cold; to bundle up.
To cocoon; to surround protectively.
To tie up; to make too busy to respond.
In Context
- "Let me wrap up this project before I begin a new one."
- "I've just been handed a note about your — the need for you to leave, and I'll wrap it up in another couple of minutes here."
- "Kevin Doyle cut inside and drove a third, Matt Jarvis hammered in a fourth and David Jones lashed in deep into injury time to wrap it up."
- "And in reality, that show is a perfect example of a show that knew the end was coming, but still couldn't wrap it up in a meaningful way."
- "After the event has wrapped up, thank everyone for attending and let them know about any future events."
- "“The DNA evidence wrapped everything up for us,” Ezra continued."
- "The newscaster wrapped up the day's events."
- "Conclusion: Story is clearly wrapped up using general concluding statements such as "and they were together again, happy as can be.""
- "If I were to wrap this up in a single bit of advice, it would be this: Don't end each day without doing five things to further your business."
- "Here are final points to wrap up what you've read in this chapter:"
- "It's a cold, snowy day and I'm going to wrap up thoroughly before I go sledding."
- "After the bath wrap up well, preferably in woolen garments, until the perspiration ceases."
- "However well you wrap up, you get cold."
- "Every year around the world people pull on their woolly jumpers, wrap up in their thickest coats, dig out their heavy snow boots and get ready for their favourite frosty festivals."
- "It is time once again to just let it be; let love wrap you up and take care of you."
- "Let's just say in the past my family's tried to wrap me up in cotton wool, and that drives me crazy."
- "I wanted my possessions to cocoon me, wrap me up, and keep me safe from a world that was trying to rip it all away."
- "He held out his arms, and I went to him and let him wrap me up tight."
- "And if you haven't seen these things the technicians can absolutely wrap you up in details, and you never find your way out."
- "With the seconds slipping away and the gap just one point, France went through an 18-phase attack that made little ground but resulted in an attacking scrum on the New Zealand 10m line, only for the hosts to steal the ball back when Aurelien Rougerie was wrapped up."
- "This left him with the real problem, if he brought it to their attention now they may well wrap him up in red tape while they requested advice from the high command on how to proceed."
Also Said As
- finish off
- finish up
Opposite In Meaning
- unwrap