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Idioms about wrap

    under wraps, Informal. secret: The army wants this research project kept under wraps.
    wrapped up in,
    1. intensely absorbed in: wrapped up in one's work.
    2. involved in; bound up with: Peace is wrapped up in willingness to compromise.

Origin of wrap

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English wrappen, of obscure origin; compare dialectal Danish vravle to wind

OTHER WORDS FROM wrap

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wrap

1. rap, wrap 2. rapped, rapt, wrapped , wrapt
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British Dictionary definitions for wrap

wrap
/ (ræp) /

verb wraps, wrapping or wrapped (mainly tr)
noun

Word Origin for wrap

C14: origin unknown
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Other Idioms and Phrases with wrap

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