Make
Sum up
Sum up verb - To make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report).
Both terms in one sentence
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If you come across a YMMV item, make sure you sum up the entire thing in one example, just so you can get a cheap potshot on those fuckers who are part of the problem.
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While interviewing a witness, they ask an inappropriate question or make a baseless assertion before withdrawing it, so that they can sum up a testimony for a jury.
Source: Series / Law & Order -
Random Events Plot / Kudzu Plot: Just try and sum up the entire plot, complete with all the threads, subplots, character arcs, time travel logic involved with it and foreshadowing it manages to cram in, and make any sense of it.
Source: Video Game / Jak II: Renegade
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