sum(something/someone)up
phrasal verbwithsumverbuk/sʌm/us/sʌm/-mm-
B2
todescribeorexpresstheimportantfactsorcharacteristicsabout something or someone:
Thebestway of summing up thesituationinourofficeis to say that it is "absolutechaos".
I'd just like tosumupby sayingthat it's been atremendouspleasuretoworkwith you.
He's asmallman with abigego- that aboutsumshim up.
- Childish? That just aboutsumshim up!
- How would yousumup hisattitudetowork?
- He summed up thesituationin one word:chaos.
- Herdescriptionof thepartyas ariotjust about summed it up.
- Thelookofdejectionon hisfacesumsup themoodof theteam.
Summaries and summarizing
- abridgment
- abstract
- biodata
- catch-all
- curriculum vitae
- executive summary
- gist
- handout
- in shortidiom
- recap
- recapitulation
- resume
- shorthand
- shorthand forsomethingidiom
- story
- summarization
- the long and the short of itidiom
- TLDR
- to cut a long story shortidiom
- trot