under wraps

English

Prepositional phrase

under wraps

1. In secrecy or in hiding.

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

2. (horse-racing) Of a horse: restrained from performing at its best in a race, so as to mislead others regarding its potential.

Translations

in secrecy

Arabic: please add this translation if you can: Finnish: salassa (fi) French: secret (fr), caché (fr) German: bedeckt (de), im Verborgenen, stiekum (de) (regional), unter Verschluss Icelandic: (keep under wraps) halda leyndu, (keep under wraps) hafa hljótt um Italian: sotto copertura Japanese: please add this translation if you can: Korean: please add this translation if you can: Mandarin: 秘密的 Polish: po kryjomu (pl) Portuguese: às escondidas (pt), às escuras (pt) Russian: в та́йне (v tájne) Spanish: en secreto

See also

• keep a lid on