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• under wraps — {adv.} or {adj. phr.} Not allowed to be seen until the right time; not allowed to act or speak freely; in secrecy; hidden. Usually used with keep . * /We have a new player, hut we are keeping him under wraps until the game./ * /What the President …   Dictionary of American idioms

• under wraps — {adv.} or {adj. phr.} Not allowed to be seen until the right time; not allowed to act or speak freely; in secrecy; hidden. Usually used with keep . * /We have a new player, hut we are keeping him under wraps until the game./ * /What the President …   Dictionary of American idioms

• under lock and key — 1. Locked up 2. Imprisoned • • • Main Entry: ↑lock * * * under lock and key phrase in a room or container which is fastened with a lock These files should be kept under lock and key. Thesaurus: closed …   Useful english dictionary

• under pressure — physics phrase if a gas or liquid is under pressure, a lot of it is put into a container so that it comes out with force when the container is opened Thesaurus: physical forces and processeshyponym Main entry: pressure * * * under ˈpressure idio …   Useful english dictionary

• under watch — phrase if someone is under watch, they are guarded or watched carefully at all times The prisoners are kept under watch 24 hours a day. Thesaurus: not free or independentsynonym Main entry: watch …   Useful english dictionary

• under wraps — adjective kept secret the plan was kept carefully under wraps • Similar to: ↑covert * * * under wraps informal : known to only a few people : ↑secret The name of the movie is being kept under wraps. • • • Main Entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• under\ wraps — adv or adj. phr. Not allowed to be seen until the right time; not allowed to act or speak freely; in secrecy; hidden. Usually used with keep . We have a new player, hut we are keeping him under wraps until the game. What the President is planning …   Словарь американских идиом

• under lock and key — 1. kept safely in a room or container that is locked. I tend to keep medicines under lock and key because of the kids. 2. in prison. I think the feeling from the general public is that people like that should be kept under lock and key for the… …   New idioms dictionary

• under seal — adverb : with an authenticating seal affixed; especially : with both signature and seal * * * under seal Authenticated • • • Main Entry: ↑seal * * * under legal protection of secrecy the judge ordered that the videotape be kept under seal * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

• under the counter — 1. adverb Illicitly, against regulations, of goods kept under the serving counter in a shop to be unobtrusively passed to a customer who knows they are available for surreptitious sale (e.g. pornographic magazines in a newsagent). Oh, yeah, I… …   Wiktionary

• under the counter —    illegal    The physical reality with many scarce goods in war torn countries:     This gave him access to what extras were being kept under the counter. (Teisser du Croix, 1962, writing of Paris in the Second World War)    Now used… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms