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Wrap up

Meaning in business english, with examples

/ˌræp ˈʌp/phrasal verbCore term

In business english, wrap up means: To finish a meeting, discussion or piece of work, usually by summarizing the main points and agreeing on the next steps.

In Turkish: toparlamak, bitirmek, kapanışı yapmak

How it is used

Common in meetings: 'Let's wrap up', 'We need to wrap up in five minutes', 'To wrap up, …'. The noun wrap-up means a final summary or a closing session.

Example sentences

  1. We're almost out of time, so let's wrap up and agree on the next steps.

  2. I'd like to wrap up the project by the end of June.

Common collocations

  • wrap up the meeting
  • wrap things up
  • let's wrap up
  • wrap-up session
  • recapA short summary of the main points of a meeting, call or discussion, given at the end or sent afterwards. Also used as a verb.
  • action itemA specific task agreed in a meeting, with one person responsible for it and usually a due date.
  • to sum upA phrase that introduces a short summary of the main points at the end of a presentation, meeting or piece of writing.
  • agendaA list of the topics that will be discussed in a meeting, usually in the order they will be covered and shared with attendees beforehand.

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