CONCLUDE, CONCLUDED, CONCLUSION
ADJECTIVES
► OPLOPIN jumping at hasty conclusions; easily angered → 1897 Sc.
NOUNS
► CLOSED BOOK a matter that has been concluded → 1999 (Bk.)
► CULORUM the conclusion, or ‘moral’ → 1362 obs.
► DEDUCEMENT a conclusion, deduction, inference → 1605 obs.
► FINISHMENT a conclusion, an end → 1872 Amer. dial.
► GATHERING a conclusion or inference → 1552 obs.
► HEEL the concluding part of anything, as a period of time, a book, etc. → L16
► ILLATION a drawing a conclusion from premises; hence, that which is inferred; and inference, deduction or conclusion → 1533
► LAPPING-UP the end, conclusion, finish → 1890 Eng. dial.
► LAST END, THE the conclusion, finish → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OFFCOME a conclusion, finish of an argument → 1653 obs.
► PARCLOSE ► PERCLOSE conclusion, close, esp. of a sentence, discourse, or writing → 1300 obs.
► QUANKER something that brings things to a conclusion, a settler → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SUM the conclusion, upshot, issue → 1385 obs.
► TOP-UP a conclusion or finish → 1883
► UNCONCLUDINGNESS lack of conclusion → 1647 obs.
► UPPING the conclusion; the upshot; the crisis → 1899 Eng. dial.
► UPSTROKE the conclusion, end → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UPTAKE the conclusion, upshot, result → 1828 Eng. dial.
► WANING concluding part of a day, or period of time → 1561 obs.
► WRAP a conclusion, something over and done with, finished → 1970 sl.
► WRAP-UP the conclusion, the end; a completion; a final treatment, a summary → 1950 Amer. sl.
PHRASES
► QUICK THINKING, BATMAN used for a humorous, if sarcastic, response to another’s conclusion or observation → 1968 US sl.
VERBS
► BLUE-PENCIL to bring to a conclusion → 1900 sl.
► BUTTON UP to conclude something, esp. a business transaction, satisfactorily or successfully; to finish, to finalize → 1906 colloq.
► CALL IT GEORGE ► CALL IT WALLY to agree that a matter is concluded; to bring something to an end, such as a day’s work → 20C W. Indies sl.
► CONNECT THE DOTS to draw a conclusion from disparate facts → 20C Amer. sl.
► DRIVE THE NAIL TO THE HEAD to push a matter to a conclusion → 1560
► FAGGOT to conclude, to suppose → 1893 Eng. dial.
► FIZZLE to come a lame conclusion, to fail, to make a fiasco → 1847 US colloq.
► FULLEND to bring to an end, to a conclusion, or to fruition; to complete, to accomplish; to fulfil → 1000 obs.
► LAP UP to finish, to make an end of, to bring to a conclusion → 1895 Eng. dial.
► PARCLOSE ► PERCLOSE to conclude, to bring to a close, to close → 1610 obs.
► PIN THE BASKET to conclude or settle a matter → 1659 obs.
► SACK IT UP to bring to a conclusion; to terminate → 1970 African-American sl.
► SETTLE DOWN to conclude, to decide → 1851 Amer. dial.
► TAKE UP to conclude, to infer, to deduce → 1662 obs.
► TAP OUT to reach a conclusion → 2000 sl.
► TERMINE to bring to a conclusion, to complete; to terminate → 1390 obs.
► TOP UP to conclude, to end up → M19 sl.
► WRAP IT UP ► WRAP UP to bring to an end, to conclude, to stop doing something → 1930 sl.