wrapping up

noun

The act of concluding or finishing some event or course of action.

Meanings

nounwrapping up (uncountable)

alternative wrapping-up

  1. uncountableThe act of concluding or finishing some event or course of action.
    1 more example

    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 proceed at best speed north, fuel-and-ammunition-level concerns be damned.

    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
verb

alternative wrapping-up

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wrap up
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APA

wrapping up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrapping%20up

MLA

“wrapping up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrapping%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wrapping up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrapping%20up.

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