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Jobb Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Wrap up

Wrap up = finish?

Context:
Hearing in Schiavo case wraps up
From staff and wire reports
Armed with a new law rushed through Congress over the weekend, the parents of Terri Schiavo pleaded with a judge Monday to order the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube reinserted.
  

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Hello Jobb I think your guess is right. t. [stop talking], [get ready to go home] I tried to look for the origin of the slang but I couldn't find it.

  • Hello Jobb I think your guess is right.
  • t.
  • [stop talking], [get ready to go home] I tried to look for the origin of the slang but I couldn't find it.
  • My guess is the slang was originally used by British Army.
  • E.
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Hello Jobb

I think your guess is right.
Dictionaries say : "wrap up" (a slang) v.t. [defeat], [put up to end/conclusion] v.i.[stop talking], [get ready to go home]

I tried to look for the origin of the slang but I couldn't find it. My guess is the slang was originally used by British Army. The first use in literature was by T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia); "T

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