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wraps

adj
1
Slang for finished, over, or without any hope of continuing.
"Once the funding fell through, the project was wraps."
"After that last mistake, his chances were pretty much wraps."

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In plain EnglishInformal way of saying something is done for, or that there's no way to salvage it.

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Casual slang, mostly spoken — not used in formal writing.

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