under wraps

Idioms and Phrases

Concealed or secret, as in The design for the new plant is under wraps . This idiom frequently is put as keep under wraps , meaning “keep secret,” as in Let's keep this theory under wraps until we've tested it sufficiently . It alludes to covering something completely by wrapping it up. [1930s]

Example Sentences

Especially with casting, those things are hard to keep under wraps.

From The Daily Beast

EDINBURGH — Every actor can recall their worst review; but most try to keep them under wraps.

From The Daily Beast

But it was good that it was kept under wraps, because it made it so much more shocking.

From The Daily Beast

And he has just the idea: a radical new video service, the details of which he's smartly keeping under wraps.

From The Daily Beast

That attorney, Rutherford charges, asked him for $300,000 to “walk away and keep it under wraps.”

From The Daily Beast

Meanwhile we've got to keep it under wraps and quietly prevent anyone else from learning the same things independently.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole deal is being kept strictly under wraps until Leffingwell's experiments prove out.

From Project Gutenberg

It's a new, experimental tug and it's been kept under wraps until now.

From Project Gutenberg

But she merely shrugged and said, "Result of a lifetime of keeping myself under wraps."

From Project Gutenberg

But there was one time when he almost had come specially to see Ramos' new bubb, still under wraps, supposedly.

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