wind up the meeting

Meaning

This expression means to bring a meeting to an end or wrap up the final discussion points. It is commonly used in professional settings when time is running out or all agenda items have been covered. It signals to participants that it is time to summarize action items and conclude the session.

Examples

• Let's wind up the meeting by reviewing our action items for next week.

  Let's wind up the meeting by reviewing our action items for next week.

• We have about five minutes left, so we should probably start to wind up the meeting.

  We have about five minutes left, so we should probably start to wind up the meeting.

• Before we wind up the meeting, does anyone have any final questions?

  Before we wind up the meeting, does anyone have any final questions?

• She managed to wind up the meeting on time despite the heated debate.

  She managed to wind up the meeting on time despite the heated debate.

• I'll wind up the meeting now and send over the minutes later today.

  I'll wind up the meeting now and send over the minutes later today.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Let's wind down the meeting.

  ✓ Let's wind up the meeting.

  'Wind down' means to relax or gradually decrease activity, whereas 'wind up' specifically means to conclude or finish a formal event like a meeting.

• ✗ We need to win up the meeting.

  ✓ We need to wind up the meeting.

  'Wind' (pronounced /waɪnd/) is the correct verb here. 'Win' is a completely different word.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Since we've covered everything on the agenda, let's ___.

  💡 Finish or conclude the discussion

  Show answer

  wind up the meeting

• I need to ___ before 3 PM because I have another client call.

  💡 Bring the current session to an end

  Show answer

  wind up the meeting