sum up

present singular third person sums up · participle present summing up · participle past summed up · past summed up

1. ambitransitiveTo produce a total by adding.

   We summed up the donations and found that we had just enough to pay the bills.

   Synonyms: add up

2. ambitransitiveTo summarize.

   So, to sum up your argument, what you are saying is that it is impossible.

   2 more examples

   To sum up, the Furka-Oberalp Railway is a good example of the adaptation of the rack-and-pinion system to a main line over mountainous terrain.

   1950 November, H. P. White, “The Furka-Oberalp Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 770

   Best came close to getting on the end of Barton's cross but he was inches away from connecting. It was an incident that summed up Newcastle's afternoon.

   2011 February 12, Nabil Hassan, “Blackburn 0 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC