keep something under wraps Definition

wrap
verb wrapped, wrapping

1. To fold or wind something round someone or something.
2. To cover or enfold it.

Thesaurus: enclose, bundle up, package, encase, surround, swathe, muffle, shroud, cloak, cocoon, sheathe, cover.
Form: wrap something up (also)
3. literary
To embrace someone.

noun

1. A warm garment, especially a shawl or stole for the shoulders.

Thesaurus: shawl, cloak, cape, stole, mantle, robe.
2. A protective covering.
3. A wrapper.
4. cinematog.TV.
The completion of filming or recording, or the end of a session of filming or recording.

Idiom: keep something under wraps

colloq
To keep it secret.

Idiom: take the wraps off something

colloq
To reveal it to the public for the first time.

Idiom: wrapped up in someone or something

Absorbed in them or it; engrossed by them or it.

Etymology: 14c.

Phrasal Verb: wrap round

Said eg of a piece of clothing: to pass right round with an overlap. See also wraparound 1.Said of text on a screen: to start a new line automatically as soon as the last character space on the previous line is filled. See also wraparound 2.

Phrasal Verb: wrap something round oneself or someone

To draw or pull (a garment) close round them.
Example: She wrapped the scarf round her neck
Example: She wrapped the coat round his shoulders

Phrasal Verb: wrap something round

Something to crash (a vehicle) into (a post or tree, etc).

Phrasal Verb: wrap up

To dress warmly
Example: Wrap up warm before you leave!
To be quiet.

Phrasal Verb: wrap something up

To finish it off or settle it finally.To put and secure wrapping paper around it, especially a gift.