sum up

Meaning

1. Oxford63% of films

   to state the main points of sth in a short and clear form

   No, there is too much. Let me sum up.

   Allow me to sum up our goal in a single word

2. Oxford25% of films

   to give a summary of the main facts and arguments in a legal case, near the end of a trial

   I'll do that f oryou when I sum up.

   Let me sum up.

3. Oxford13% of films

   to describe or show the most typical characteristics of sb / sth, especially in a few words

In the movies · 9

• I'll do that f oryou when I sum up.Paths of Glory1957
• Allow me to sum up our goal in a single wordThe Matrix Resurrections2021
• No, there is too much. Let me sum up.The Princess Bride1987
• Let me sum up.Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
• To sum up!Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead1991
• A few words to sum up an entire lifeJohn Wick: Chapter 42023
• What does it sum up to in the end?National Theatre Live: Vanya2024
• Miss Abbott, how would you sum up, in words, this achievement?The Curious Case of Benjamin Button2008

Learn it in full scenes

• Paths of Glory1957
  • Broulard Pitches the Anthill Offensive
  • Broulard Visits Dax at the Front
  • Mireau Orders Dax to Take the Anthill
• The Princess Bride1987
  • Battle of Wits
  • How Westley Became Roberts
  • Miracle Max and the Mostly Dead
• Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
  • Violet Gives Sybbie a French Villa
  • Jack Barber Pitches Filming at Downton
  • Hollywood Comes to Downton

From the same entry

• be greater than the sum of its parts
• in sum

More phrasal verbs

• come around
• go for
• come off
• drive away
• go after
• be caught up in
• keep out of
• call in
• keep on
• take to
• turn into
• sell out