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