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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But in the months that followed, music fans began to wonder whether Chalamet was also the hidden voice behind EsDeeKid — a viral masked rapper who has kept his identity strictly under wraps.
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Much of the third act is set at an Oyster Bay retreat with Christine, Balls, and two married friends (Scott Icenogle and Sean Hayes, who are also husbands offscreen), where Alex and Tess struggle to keep their possibly temporary reunion under wraps.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
It’s held over just two nights each December with both the dates and celebrity narrator kept under wraps.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Dec. 2025
But in the months that followed, music fans began to wonder whether Chalamet was also the hidden voice behind EsDeeKid — a viral masked rapper who has kept his identity strictly under wraps.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Much of the third act is set at an Oyster Bay retreat with Christine, Balls, and two married friends (Scott Icenogle and Sean Hayes, who are also husbands offscreen), where Alex and Tess struggle to keep their possibly temporary reunion under wraps.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
It’s held over just two nights each December with both the dates and celebrity narrator kept under wraps.
—Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Under wraps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20wraps. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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