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to keep something secret
She decided to keep her plans under wraps for a while.
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Definition and synonyms of keep something under wraps from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education.

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What does it mean to keep things under wrap?

Definition of under wraps informal. : known to only a few people : secret The name of the movie is being kept under wraps.

What does under wraps mean in slang?

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]

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Where does the phrase under wraps come from?

The term keep under wraps was first used in a literal sense in the sport of horse racing, dating back to at least the 1890s. The practice of keeping a horse under wraps in a horse race means to slow a horse down in order to hide the true speed that the horse can attain.