Learning English Conversations
Jun 16, 2026 · 3 min · 7 segments
Sometimes you just want people to stop. That's one way to use 'wrap it up'. Learn how to use this expression with Feifei and Phil. Find a free transcript and related programmes here…
Ah, it's almost like you planned it.
Yes, in this program, we're going to learn the expression wrap something up.
If you wrap something up, you finish it.
Yes, it sometimes has the idea that there are a few things you need to do to finish it properly.
For a phone call, you probably just need to say goodbye, but if you're wrapping up a project at work, you might be trying to make sure that you've achieved all the things that you meant to at the start.
Yes, sometimes it's for a more planned ending.
For example, we need to wrap up this meeting by 4:00, or sometimes we use it when we're feeling a bit impatient with someone.
For example, if they're on the phone for too long.
I have no idea who you could be talking about there.
Let's hear some other people using wrap it up.
[upbeat music]
Well, we could talk about this forever, but we've really got to wrap it up.
I have to go home.
We've been working on this project for three years, and now I just need to do the last few things, and then we can wrap it up, finally.
Listen, kids, I don't want to listen to you argue any longer.
Just wrap it up.
[upbeat music]
We've been learning the expression wrap it up to mean end or finish something.
In a similar expression, at the end of making a film, people say, "That's a wrap," to say it's over.
Then they might have a wrap party to celebrate.
Okay.
Ah, it's almost like you planned it.
Yes, in this program, we're going to learn the expression wrap something up.
If you wrap something up, you finish it.
Yes, it sometimes has the idea that there are a few things you need to do to finish it properly.
For a phone call, you probably just need to say goodbye, but if you're wrapping up a project at work, you might be trying to make sure that you've achieved all the things that you meant to at the start.
Yes, sometimes it's for a more planned ending.
For example, we need to wrap up this meeting by 4:00, or sometimes we use it when we're feeling a bit impatient with someone.
For example, if they're on the phone for too long.
I have no idea who you could be talking about there.
Let's hear some other people using wrap it up.
[upbeat music]
Well, we could talk about this forever, but we've really got to wrap it up.
I have to go home.
We've been working on this project for three years, and now I just need to do the last few things, and then we can wrap it up, finally.
Listen, kids, I don't want to listen to you argue any longer.
Just wrap it up.
[upbeat music]
We've been learning the expression wrap it up to mean end or finish something.
In a similar expression, at the end of making a film, people say, "That's a wrap," to say it's over.
Then they might have a wrap party to celebrate.
Okay.
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