under wraps
idiom
informal
: known to only a few people : secret
The name of the movie is being kept under wraps.
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Further specifics as to the story here are under wraps.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
While the Armani Group has kept details of the funeral under wraps, local papers report the designer will be laid to rest in the family chapel next to his parents and older brother Sergio, who died in 1985.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
While details are being kept under wraps, the speculation is that it will be held in Rivalta, a small town outside Piacenza where the designer was born.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
Plot details are being kept under wraps.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
While the Armani Group has kept details of the funeral under wraps, local papers report the designer will be laid to rest in the family chapel next to his parents and older brother Sergio, who died in 1985.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
While details are being kept under wraps, the speculation is that it will be held in Rivalta, a small town outside Piacenza where the designer was born.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
Plot details are being kept under wraps.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Under wraps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20wraps. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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