Wrap up means to finish something (a meeting, project or conversation) or to dress warmly. At work, let's wrap up means “let's bring this to a close”. The British wrap up warm means “put on warm clothes”: people say it to someone heading out into the cold, and wrapping paper has nothing to do with it, although wrap up a present does literally mean to wrap a gift.
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wrap up + meeting/project/talk; let's wrap up; wrap up warm (UK)
- We have ten minutes left, so let's wrap up and agree on the next steps.
- The team wrapped up the project two days early and went out for pizza.
- It's snowing outside, so wrap up warm and take a scarf.
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First versionWe need to wrap up the project until Friday.
RevisionWe need to wrap up the project by Friday.
A deadline is marked with by: by Friday means “no later than Friday”. Until describes an action that continues up to a point: work until Friday. Both can seem to mean “before Friday”, so until often ends up where by belongs.
Sum up means to briefly repeat the main points, while wrap up means to finish and let people go. In a meeting they often come one after the other: Let me sum up the main points, and then we'll wrap up.
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We've discussed all five points on the agenda, so let's ___ the meeting and go to lunch.
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wrap up — All the points have been discussed and everyone is going to lunch, so it's time to end the meeting: wrap up. Set up means “organise, arrange”, and you don't arrange a meeting that is already ending.
Write a message to your colleagues at the end of the working day. Say what you've finished and what's left for tomorrow.
I've wrapped up the client report, but the budget table is still unfinished, so I'll do it tomorrow morning.
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