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Iaki - 02 May 2006 20:58 GMT

Hi,

I'm not sure about the meaning of this phrase. It appeared in a video
clip... the context is the end of a filming...

B.R.

Iñaki.

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Owain - 02 May 2006 22:24 GMT

> I'm not sure about the meaning of this phrase. It appeared in a video
> clip... the context is the end of a filming...

Wikipedia gives it as:

an entertainment industry term for the conclusion of shooting, or the
end of a television series; acronym for "Wind Reel And Print".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrap

Owain

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John Dean - 03 May 2006 00:31 GMT

>> I'm not sure about the meaning of this phrase. It appeared in a video
>> clip... the context is the end of a filming...
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> an entertainment industry term for the conclusion of shooting, or the
> end of a television series; acronym for "Wind Reel And Print".

I suspect the convenient acronym is, like most convenient acronyms, made up
after the event. It seems more likely that the term comes from the simple
expression "wrap it up" meaning "finish it. So "That wraps it up" means
"That's the end".

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credoquaabsurdum - 04 May 2006 02:53 GMT

> >> I'm not sure about the meaning of this phrase. It appeared in a video
> >> clip... the context is the end of a filming...
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> expression "wrap it up" meaning "finish it. So "That wraps it up" means
> "That's the end".

As in "posh"?

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Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / May 2006

That's a wrap!