wrap up
[verb]
Synonyms:
- giftwrap, bundle up, pack, package
- end, conclude, finish off, polish off, round off, terminate, wind up

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English Thesaurus: finish, complete, finalize, conclude, wrap something up, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

wrap up phrasal verb (see also wrap)

1. to put on warm clothes
wrap up warm/well
Make sure you wrap up warm – it’s freezing.
be wrapped up in something
She was wrapped up in a thick winter coat.

2. wrap something ↔ up informal to finish a job, meeting etc:
We’re hoping to wrap up the negotiations this week.

3. be wrapped up in something to give so much of your attention to something that you do not have time for anything else

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ˈwrap-up noun [countable]
American English informal a short report that repeats the main points, for example of a news broadcast Synonym : round-up

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finish to complete the last part of something that you are doing:
Have you finished your homework?
The builders say they should have finished by Friday.
complete to finish making or doing something that has taken a long time to finish:
The new bridge will be completed in two years’ time.
She has just completed her PhD.
finalize to do the last things that are necessary in order to settle a plan or agreement in a satisfactory way:
A spokesman said that they were hoping to finalize an agreement in the near future.
conclude formal to officially finish something:
The police have now concluded their investigations.
Ralph Ellis, Managing Director, concluded the conference with a review of the trading year.
wrap something up informal to finish something successfully – used especially about agreements or sports competitions:
Negotiators are meeting on Friday to wrap up the deal.
Liverpool had several chances to wrap up the game.
round something off British English, round something out American English to do something as a way of ending a day, an evening, an event etc in an enjoyable or suitable way:
They rounded off the day with a barbecue at the beach.
A concert in the park is being organized to round off the programme of events.
get it over with/get it over and done with to do something that you have to do now, so that it is finished and you can stop worrying about it:
Let’s go and do the shopping now and get it over with.
Just tell him how you feel and get it over and done with.
be done/be through informal if you are done, you have finished – used especially when other people are waiting for you:
We’re nearly done.
We should be through in half an hour.
be through with something/be done with something informal to have finished using something – used especially when other people are waiting to use it:
I’m done with the file.
I’ll let you know when I’m through with it.
tie up the loose ends to finish dealing with the final details of something, so that is all finished:
‘Is the talk ready?’ ‘I just need to tie up a few loose ends.’

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finished if something is finished, you have done all of it:
She showed him the finished drawing.
I was very pleased with the finished result.
done [not before noun] finished - used especially in everyday English instead of finished:
I can’t come out till my essay’s done.
They promised the work would be done by April.
complete [not before noun] completely finished – used especially to emphasize that there is no more work to do:
Six months later the job was complete.
The first stage of the project is now complete.
over finished – used about an event, activity, or period of time:
Football practice is over at 4:30. Can you pick me up then?
The summer was nearly over.
be through informal to have finished doing something or using something:
I probably won’t be through till about 6 o'clock.
Are you through with those scissors?
finish to complete the last part of something that you are doing:
Have you finished your homework?
The builders say they should have finished by Friday.
finalize to do the last things that are necessary in order to settle a plan or agreement in a satisfactory way:
A spokesman said that they were hoping to finalize an agreement in the near future.
conclude formal to officially finish something:
The police have now concluded their investigations.
Ralph Ellis, Managing Director, concluded the conference with a review of the trading year.
wrap something up informal to finish something successfully – used especially about agreements or sports competitions:
Negotiators are meeting on Friday to wrap up the deal.
Liverpool had several chances to wrap up the game.
round something off British English, round something out American English to do something as a way of ending a day, an evening, an event etc in an enjoyable or suitable way:
They rounded off the day with a barbecue at the beach.
A concert in the park is being organized to round off the programme of events.
get it over with/get it over and done with to do something that you have to do now, so that it is finished and you can stop worrying about it:
Let’s go and do the shopping now and get it over with.
Just tell him how you feel and get it over and done with.
be done/be through informal if you are done, you have finished – used especially when other people are waiting for you:
We’re nearly done.
We should be through in half an hour.
be through with something/be done with something informal to have finished using something – used especially when other people are waiting to use it:
I’m done with the file.
I’ll let you know when I’m through with it.
tie up the loose ends to finish dealing with the final details of something, so that is all finished:
‘Is the talk ready?’ ‘I just need to tie up a few loose ends.’

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

wrap up
wrap up (something)
to complete or stop doing something.
The president will wrap up his visit to China on Thursday.

It's late and I have to get home, so let's wrap it up and finish tomorrow.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of wrap something up (= to put paper around something to cover it)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

wrap up something
wrap up (something)
to complete or stop doing something.
The president will wrap up his visit to China on Thursday.

It's late and I have to get home, so let's wrap it up and finish tomorrow.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of wrap something up (= to put paper around something to cover it)

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wrap something up
• wrap (something) up
bring something to an end
We wrapped up the meeting before dinner and went home.

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wrap up
1. • wrap up
1). put on warm clothes, dress warmly
She wrapped herself up in her warm clothes and went out.

2). to finish (a job)
We wrapped up the meeting and went home for the weekend.

2. • wrap (something) up
bring something to an end
We wrapped up the meeting before dinner and went home.

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wrap up
v. phr.
1. To put on warm clothes; dress warmly.
Mother told Mary to wrap up before going out into the cold.
2. informal To finish (a job).
Let's wrap up the job and go home.
3. informal To win a game.
The Mets wrapped up the baseball game in the seventh inning.

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