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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwrap up phrasal verb1 PUT ON CLOTHESto put on warm clotheswrap 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 ↔ upFINISH DOING something informal to finish a job, meeting etc We’re hoping to wrap up the negotiations this week.3 be wrapped up in somethingATTENTION to give so much of your attention to something that you do not have time for anything else → wrap→ See Verb table
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wrap up• I want to wrap this meeting up as quickly as possible. I have another appointment in an hour.• The kids, wrapped up in layers against the cold, waddled out to play.• If they accept our price we can wrap up the deal right away.• You ought to wrap up warm -- I think it's going to snow.wrap up warm/well• But wrap up well before you go through that garden because it's enough to freeze you out there.• Surely wrapping up well on an autumn chill morning wasn't considered unmanly?• She's all wrapped up warm with this big old coat on.be wrapped up in something• He said the whole thing could be wrapped up in a week.• I was wrapped up in an officer's uniform; you couldn't see me for fur and leather.• The control was wrapped up in some interdependent web.• On the other hand, I think many of my successes are wrapped up in the same thing.• The time was past ten, kids were wrapped up in their beds, and parents were probably about to retire themselves.• Blake was to be wrapped up in this sooty, surreptitious London nearly all his life.• Each item of information is wrapped up in two lines of the file.
wrap-upˈwrap-up noun [countable] American English informalSUMMARIZE a short report that repeats the main points, for example of a news broadcast SYN round-up
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wrap-up• Now on to Dan O'Brien with a wrap-up of today's NFL games.• Kate instinctively recognized a good wrap-up line and shut her notebook.
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