to sum up
To wrap up
To sum up is to state the main points of something briefly, condensing a longer discussion or argument into its essentials: To sum up, we need more funding and fewer delays.
Often used when concluding a presentation or wrapping up thoughts.
The phrase can introduce a summary or describe the act of summarizing: Let me sum up what we've learned.
- concludeEnd or infer
- recapBrief review of events
- long story shortPhrase introducing a summary
- wrap upComplete and conclude
- in shortPhrase meaning briefly
finally · ultimately · bottom line · essence · in essence · gist · nutshell · cutting to the chase · overview · closing · final word · takeaway · synopsis · distill · in a nutshell · condense · all in all · therefore
- in summaryin short, in brief, briefly, succinctly, in a nutshell
- Conclusion phrasesin conclusion, to conclude, finally, in closing, to wrap up
- summariessynopsis, abstract, abstracts, brief, briefs
- clarifiersi.e., e.g., namely, meaning, specifically
- sign-offsgoodbye, farewell, bye, see you later, sincerely
- Candor Phrasesto be honest, truth be told, honestly, frankly, to tell the truth