sum up
phrasal verb.phrasal verb. to give a short description of the main points of something.
phrasal verb. to provide a concise summary of the principal arguments, facts, or characteristics of a preceding discourse or situation.
To sum up, we need more time and money.
At the end of the meeting, the manager summed up the main goals for the next month.
The final chapter effectively sums up the author's complex theories on economic reform while offering a hopeful vision for the future.
often used as a transition phrase at the end of a speech or essay.
contrast with 'summarize' (more formal) and 'recap' (more casual/spoken); 'sum up' is versatile and works well in both academic writing and business meetings.
He summed up it in two words.He summed it up in two words.when using a pronoun like 'it', it must go between 'sum' and 'up' because this verb is separable.
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