wrap up

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rap uhp]
- /ræp ʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rap uhp]
- /ræp ʌp/

Definitions of wrap up words

noun wrap up something to be wrapped about the person, especially in addition to the usual indoor clothing, as a shawl, scarf, or sweater: an evening wrap. 1
noun wrap up a beauty treatment in which a part or all of the body is covered with cream, lotion, herbs, or the like and then wrapped snugly with cloth. 1
noun wrap up a sheer silk or linen fabric glued to the fingernails to repair or strengthen them. 1
noun wrap up a piece of thin, flat bread wrapped around a filling and eaten as a sandwich. 1
noun wrap up Movies, Television. the completion of photography on a film or an individual scene. the termination of a working day during the shooting of a film. 1
verb with object wrap up to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf. 1

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Origin of wrap up

First appearance:

before 1950

One of the 5% newest English words

First recorded in 1950-55; noun use of verb phrase wrap up

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Parts of speech for Wrap up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Wrap up

wrap up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for wrap up

verb wrap up

bad mouth — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
blow off — If you blow something off, you ignore it or choose not to deal with it.
bundle up — If you bundle up a mass of things, you make them into a bundle by gathering or tying them together.
button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.

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