that just about sums him up
he summed up his reasons
Synonyms and antonyms dictionary. 2014.
sum someone/something up — 1 one reviewer summed it up as ‘compelling’: EVALUATE, assess, appraise, rate, weigh up, gauge, judge, deem, adjudge, estimate, form an opinion of. 2 he summed up his rea … Useful english dictionary
sum someone/thing up — concisely describe the nature or character of someone or something. → sum … English new terms dictionary
pull someone/something in — 1 they pulled in big audiences.: See pull verb sense 4. 2 (informal) the police pulled him in: ARREST, apprehend, detain, take into custody, seize, capture, catch; … Useful english dictionary
sum — 1 /sVm/ noun 1 MONEY (C) an amount of money: a large/small sum (of): Sid was left a large sum of money by his aunt. | for the sum of: It was mine for the sum of 20. see also: lump sum, princely sum princely (1) 2 the sum of the total produced… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sum — noun 1) a large sum of money Syn: amount, quantity, price, charge, fee, cost 2) the sum of two numbers Syn: total, sum total, grand total, tally 3) … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
sum — sum1 W2S3 [sʌm] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(money)¦ 2 the sum of something 3 greater/more/better etc than the sum of its parts 4¦(calculation)¦ 5 do your sums 6 in sum ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: summe, from Latin s … Dictionary of contemporary English
sum — noun 1》 a particular amount of money. 2》 (the sum of) the total amount resulting from the addition of two or more numbers or amounts. ↘the total amount of something that exists. 3》 an arithmetical problem, especially at an elementary level.… … English new terms dictionary
sum — sum1 [ sʌm ] noun count *** 1. ) an amount of money: He was fined a sum of $1,000. a large/substantial/considerable/huge sum: Companies are prepared to pay substantial sums for the use of our facilities. a sum of money: We already spend large… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sum up — phrasal verb Word forms sum up : present tense I/you/we/they sum up he/she/it sums up present participle summing up past tense summed up past participle summed up 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to give a summary of something I ll sum up briefly… … English dictionary
ˌsum sb/sth ˈup — phrasal verb if something sums someone or something up, it shows exactly what they are like … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
