under wraps

prepositional phrase

In secrecy or in hiding.

“They're trying to keep the new product under wraps and hidden from their competitors.”

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covert
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. In secrecy or in hiding.

    They're trying to keep the new product under wraps and hidden from their competitors.

  2. hobbiesOf a horse: restrained from performing at its best in a race, so as to mislead others regarding its potential.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivekept secret

Similar
covert
Also see
covert

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 秘密的
  • 秘密的in secrecy
Finnish salassa
  • salassain secrecy
French secret, caché
  • secretin secrecy
  • cachéin secrecy
German bedeckt, im Verborgenen
  • bedecktin secrecy
  • im Verborgenenin secrecy
  • stiekumin secrecy
  • unter Verschlussin secrecy
Icelandic halda leyndu, hafa hljótt um
  • halda leynduin secrecy
  • hafa hljótt umin secrecy
Italian sotto copertura
  • sotto coperturain secrecy
Polish po kryjomu
  • po kryjomuin secrecy
Portuguese às escondidas, às escuras
  • às escondidasin secrecy
  • às escurasin secrecy
Russian в та́йне
  • в та́йне (v tájne)in secrecy
Spanish en secreto
  • en secretoin secrecy
Cite this entry
APA

under wraps. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under%20wraps

MLA

“under wraps.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under%20wraps. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “under wraps,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under%20wraps.

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