under wraps

[under wraps] {adv.}

or {adj. phr.}

Not allowed to be seen until the right time; not allowed to act or speak freely; in secrecy; hidden. — Usually used with "keep".

* /We have a new player, hut we are keeping him under wraps until the game./

* /What the President is planning will be kept under wraps until tomorrow./

* /The spy was kept under wraps and not allowed to talk to newspapermen./

Compare: UNDER COVER.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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