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That's a wrap!

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I'm not sure about the meaning of this phrase. It appeared in a video clip... the context is the end of a filming...
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[nq:1]I'm not sure about the meaning of this phrase. It appeared in a video clip... [/nq] Wikipedia gives it as: an entertainment industry term for the conclusion of shooting, or the end of a television series; acronym for "Wind Reel And Print".

  • [nq:1]I'm not sure about the meaning of this phrase.
  • It appeared in a video clip...
  • [/nq] Wikipedia gives it as: an entertainment industry term for the conclusion of shooting, or the end of a television series; acronym for "Wind Reel And Print".
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[nq:1]I'm not sure about the meaning of this phrase. It appeared in a video clip... the context is the end of a filming...[/nq]
Wikipedia gives it as:
an entertainment industry term for the conclusion of shooting, or the end of a television series; acronym for "Wind Reel And Print".

http://en.wikipedia.org/
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[nq:2]I'm not sure about the meaning of this phrase. It appeared in a video clip... the context is the end of a filming...[/nq]
[nq:1]Wikipedia gives it as: an entertainment industry term for the conclusion of shooting, or the end of a television series; acronym for "Wind Reel And Print".[/nq]
I suspect the convenient acronym is, like most convenient acronyms, made up after the event. It s
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[nq:2]Wikipedia gives it as: an entertainment industry term for the ... of a television series; acronym for "Wind Reel And Print".[/nq]
[nq:1]I suspect the convenient acronym is, like most convenient acronyms, made up after the event. It seems more likely that ... expression "wrap it up" meaning "finish it. So "That wraps it up" means "That's the end". John Dean Oxford[/nq]
As in "posh"?

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