What it means
Has two dead common uses. First, it means to finish something and bring it to a close, like a meeting, a job, or a rambling chat: Let’s wrap up. Second, it means to dress warmly, usually when it’s properly freezing: Wrap up warm. Works everywhere from office talk to your mum fussing at the front door.
Usage examples
"Right, let’s wrap up, I’ve got to leg it. And wrap up warm, mate, it’s Baltic outside and the bus stop’s pure misery."
"Let's wrap up the meeting, we've covered everything."
"Wrap up warm, it's freezing out there tonight."
Where it comes from
Comes from wrapping a parcel: to wrap up is to fold everything in and close it off, so a meeting or job gets wrapped up. The same wrap covers you in layers when you wrap up warm.
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