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[wrap one around one's finger]

See:

[TWIST ONE AROUND ONE'S LITTLE FINGER].

[wrap up] or [bundle up]  {v. phr.}

1. To put on warm clothes; dress warmly.

Mother told Mary to wrap up before going out into the cold.

2.  {informal}

To finish (a job).

Let's wrap up the job and go home.

3.  {informal}

To win a game.

*  […]

[wrapped up in]  {adj. phr.}

Thinking only of; interested only in.

John has no time for sports because he is all wrapped up in his work.

Mary was so wrapped up in her book she didn't hear her mother calling her.

* /Jean is so wrapped up in  […]

[wreak havoc with]  {v. phr.}

To cause damage; ruin something.

[wrench]

See: [THROW A MONKEY WRENCH].

[wringing wet]  {adj.}

Wet through and through; soaked; dripping.

He was wringing wet because he was caught in the rain without an umbrella.

[write home about]  {v. phr.}

To become especially enthusiastic or excited about; boast about. — Often used after "to".

Mary's trip to the World's Fair was something to write home about.

* /Joe did a good enough job of painting but it was nothing  […]

[write off]  {v. phr.}

1. To remove (an amount) from a business record; cancel (a debt); accept as a loss.

If a customer dies when he owes the store money, the store must often write it off.

Compare: [CHARGE OFF].

2. To accept (a loss or trouble)  […]

[write up]  {v.}

1. To write the story of; describe in writing; give a full account of.

Reporters from many newspapers are here to write up the game.

The magazine is writing up the life of the President.

2. To put something thought or talked  […]

[write-off]  {n.}

A loss.