to state the main points of something in a short and clear form
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- To sum up, there are three main ways of tackling the problem…
- The report attempts to sum up recent economic trends.
- The storyline can be summed up in a few sentences.
- Can I just sum up what we've agreed so far?
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to give a summary of the main facts and arguments in a legal case, near the end of a trial
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