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wrapping up

wrapping up noun: the act of concluding or finishing some event or course of action. Also the present participle and gerund of wrap up.

Noun

wrapping up (uncountable)

  1. The act of concluding or finishing some event or course of action.
    • However, even if he can't save Taffy 3, there are still the ships of the landing force to consider, and he orders Admiral Oldendorf to extract two destroyer squadrons, five cruisers, and the battleships Tennessee, California, and Pennsylvania from wrapping-up operations in Surigao Strait and...2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 19:11 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022

Also used as

wrapping up is also the present participle and gerund of wrap up.

Forms of wrapping up

alternative formwrapping-up

Questions about wrapping up

What does wrapping up mean?
Wrapping up means the act of concluding or finishing some event or course of action.
What part of speech is wrapping up?
Wrapping up is a noun.

Words near wrapping up in the dictionary

  1. wrapping one's brain around
  2. wrapping one's head around
  3. wrapping one's mind around
  4. wrapping paper
  5. wrapping papers
  6. wrapping up
  7. wrapping-up
  8. wrappings
  9. wrapple
  10. wrappt
  11. wraprascal

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