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UNDER WRAPS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does under wraps mean?
• UNDER WRAPS (adjective)
The adjective UNDER WRAPS has 1 sense:
1. kept secret
Familiarity information: UNDER WRAPS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Kept secret
Context example:
the plan was kept carefully under wraps
Similar:
covert (secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed)
Context examples
You won’t always have to keep everything under wraps, as you have had to do consistently since holiday time in December.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
You wisely kept things under wraps until you were ready to make your move.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
If this does not resonate with you, then you may have a secret that you’d like to keep under wraps.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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