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keep under wraps

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keep something under wraps
Fig. to keep something concealed (until some future time). We kept the plan under wraps until after the election. The automobile company kept the new model under wraps until most of the old models had been sold.
See also: keep, wrap
keep (something) under wraps
to hide something The studio is keeping details of the new movie under wraps until its release in May. The painting was bought by someone who wants to keep his name under wraps.
Related vocabulary: draw a veil over something
See also: keep, wrap
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The happy event, which Beeb bosses are trying to keep under wraps, happens in the next series of Only Fools And Horses, likely to be screened at Christmas.
TV insider: Pitter patter of tiny Trotters; Nicola Methven goes ... by The Mirror (London, England)
THE Turf Club, determined to keep under wraps its alternative proposals for a new body to run Irish racing, has decided to circulate them to its members before revealing them to other industry bodies.
Racing News: Turf Club plans still under wraps by The Racing Post (London, England)
 
 
 
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