I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bubble wrap
gift wrap
plastic wrap
put/wrap your arms around sb
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I put my arms around Bobby and gave him a hug.
Saran Wrap
wrap a present
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She spent the afternoon wrapping Christmas presents.
wrap (up) a gift
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She had bought and wrapped gifts for children in hospital.
wrapped...up warmly
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Pat wrapped the baby up warmly .
wrapping paper (= coloured paper for wrapping presents )
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He carefully removed the wrapping paper so it wouldn’t tear.
wrapping paper
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
tightly
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A big, thick-linked steel chain was wrapped tightly about the lock, secured by a fist-sized padlock.
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To extend their storage life, tightly wrap and freeze them.
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Keep unused icing wrapped tightly in aluminium or clingfilm.
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It is simple: a schoolhouse desk and bench, pierced by a pole wrapped tightly with a flame-licked flag.
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Wrap tightly in a polythene bag until ready to roll.
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That is not to say there will be no extinctions in a tightly wrapped ecosystem.
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Royal icing can be stored, wrapped tightly , in the refrigerator for up to two days.
warmly
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He was warmly wrapped up in a fur coat and had gloves on.
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People were dancing everywhere, some in costume, some wrapped warmly against the cold.
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They want to be warmly wrapped unlike Apis.
■ NOUN
arm
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At least he clung to me and let me wrap my arms around him.
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Isabel shuddered at the memory and wrapped her arms about her waist.
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She jumped in, wrapping her arms around him.
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The pain in the region of her heart was so intense that she wrapped her arms around herself involuntarily.
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She undid the clasp and wrapped her arms around him.
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He lifted Goldman again, wrapping his arms round the man, but couldn't make him move towards the car.
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After handing her his bundle, he reached back and wrapped his arms around the back of her knees.
blanket
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He smiled, then, unfolding the blanket , began to wrap the sleeping boy in it.
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Then his only covering was a blanket in which he wrapped himself.
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Kalchu was wearing his rope-soled woollen boots and a red, brown and yellow striped blanket wrapped around his shoulders.
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There were images of blanket-wrapped residents on a city street.
body
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Above that a heavy mantle is wrapped all round the body and brought over the head.
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They wrapped his body in a sheet and carried it down to the street.
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We wrapped the body in a blanket, then my husband buried it secretly in the hills.
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It was wrapped around the body and over the left shoulder where it was draped in folds which nearly reached the floor.
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Whatever the case, the sheet would have been wrapped around the body in the customary fashion with top- and bottom-knots.
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She stood leaning against the tiled wall with a towel wrapped around her body .
cloak
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Joan wrapped the sturdy cloak more closely around herself, concealing all but the lower part of her face.
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Li Yuan rose, knowing it was important, letting Master Nan wrap the cloak about his nakedness.
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Bruce stirred and wrapped his cloak firmly about him.
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We must beware of the use of ethnicity to wrap a spurious cloak of legitimacy around the speaker who invokes it.
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The piper was coming towards him wrapped in a black cloak , playing ... what had he been playing?
cloth
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I noticed he was carrying something wrapped in a cloth and could only have used one hand for balance.
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A dummy made of a diving suit, sitting in a wheelchair and wrapped with cloth was stuck with safety pins.
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She had it wrapped in a cloth and hidden in her dress, next to her bosom.
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The loose trimmings I wrap in cloth to bury under you.
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Unfortunately, their record appears to have been wrapped in thick cloth while being records; it is muffled as anything.
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When the record on the box finished, the girls from the cage climbed down and wrapped some sequined cloth around themselves.
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It was a parcel wrapped in oil cloth .
coat
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There must have been a draught because I wrapped my coat around my knees.
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Nenna used to wrap up in her coat and bring out two rugs for him.
cotton
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On the other hand you don't wrap things up in cotton wool.
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So, don't wrap your children in cotton wool.
finger
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His fingers wrapped themselves round her ankles, sliding upwards, making her skin tingle.
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I felt his fingers wrapping around mine.
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She couldn't quite suppress a gasp of pain as those long, powerful fingers wrapped around her swollen wrist.
foil
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They can also be wrapped separately in foil and refrigerated.
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The dolls used to be porcelain, but these days tiny plastic babies wrapped in foil usually suffice.
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He lost three stones in weight and had to be wrapped in tin foil in hospital because of heat loss.
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Fold meat over to enclose stuffing, then wrap in aluminum foil to hold shape.
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A white tablet, wrapped in foil , with a bird stamped on one side and a smiley face on the other.
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They smiled a great deal; they offered him cigars and little, flat packages wrapped in gold foil .
gift
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The brunette gift wrapped a bomb and handed it to grateful squaddies on point duty in Northern Ireland.
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But the cool grape leaves that encase the rice like gift wrapping are fork tender.
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Friends in the United States would be rewarded with the first stool of a new-born gorilla, carefully gift-wrapped .
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Anyone who would gift wrap something intended for a male is nuts.
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Before 1940, Christmas gifts were wrapped only for posting, though a ribbon might be tied round a special present.
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They passed the last-minute shoppers loaded down with gifts wrapped in gold and silver paper rushing toward their high-rise condos.
head
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A bulky shawl wrapped her head and shoulders and was crossed at her back.
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An orni was tucked into it and wrapped around my head .
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Pieces of shirt had been wrapped round their heads .
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Some had sense enough to wrap their heads in their shirts, cover their faces with rags, put on their shoes.
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She was wrapped from head to foot in an old-fashioned opera cloak, of blue velvet.
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Every summer, they ventured into the streets with their usual paraphernalia, umbrellas and towels wrapped impertinently around their heads .
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She is a large woman with hair the color of a cast-iron skillet, worn in braids wrapped around her head .
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One wraps his head with a thick towel and covers it with a hood.
leg
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Joy as sheet of old newspaper whirled across the road and wrapped itself round my leg .
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The man lifts up the woman so that she can wrap her legs round him.
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The leash had gotten wrapped around his legs .
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I pushed her up against the wall and she wrapped her legs round my waist.
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He wrapped his legs round Mariana, an arm across her chest, his other hand on the tiller arm.
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Cora-Beth had a warm travelling-rug wrapped round her legs , and they were both muffled in heavy, fur-lined coats and caps.
neck
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And, if he calls the Amazon mighty once more, I will wrap it round his neck .
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One of his arms wraps loosely around my neck .
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She smiled contentedly like the Cheshire Cat, and stretched her arms to wrap around his neck as he lay beside her.
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He thinks you broke her hyoid bone with a silk stocking wrapped around her neck .
paper
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She thrust the customary tip towards the croupier with a slip of paper wrapped around a plaque.
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Her secret would come out sooner or later; paper could not wrap up a fire.
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Paul paper with wrapped in tissue and waited.
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I finished one bagel and crumpled the paper it had come wrapped in.
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The paper was found, wrapped around some cigars, on an abandoned Confederate campground.
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But when he went to the laboratories, he noticed the paper used to wrap three of the swatches was wet.
plastic
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Carry your spares in their original bubble pack or, if loose, wrap each battery in plastic .
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She wrapped the blazing plastic in a cloth and drove away to pass the sweltering hours until she could visit again.
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If a toy is wrapped in a plastic bag make sure that you keep the bag out of the reach of children.
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Rindless cheeses are produced by wrapping cheeses in plastic .
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They take tissue from an animal and wrap it in plastic before transplanting it.
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Another tip for a different effect is to wrap a plastic bag around the roller with a rubber band.
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There's something inside, wrapped up in a plastic bag.
present
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I dig the garden, or wrap my Christmas presents .
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It looks like an elegantly wrapped present that might have been purchased at Fred Segal.
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The afternoon that she had intended to use to wrap Christmas presents was already dying.
scarf
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Head wrapped in a scarf and tied over her chin.
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A baseball cap wrapped with a scarf protects him from the sun.
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And at the bottom, wrapped in the light-red scarf Carolina had often worn to class, is a Walkman.
sheet
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She walked, still wrapped in the sheet , into the living room.
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Maybe he wrapped her in a sheet .
towel
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Some one rushed out with wet towels to wrap around him.
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I grab my towel and wrap it around myself, hiding everything I can.
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She stood leaning against the tiled wall with a towel wrapped around her body.
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Every summer, they ventured into the streets with their usual paraphernalia, umbrellas and towels wrapped impertinently around their heads.
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Duncan stood there, naked apart from a towel wrapped round his mid-section.
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All her towels made for wrapping around twice.
waist
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But what is all that leaping into each others' arms, Peli with his legs wrapped round Jairzinho's waist ?
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Mom stands upright, her skis over her shoulder, a pair of climbing skins wrapped jauntily about her waist .
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He had forgotten the rope wrapped round his waist .
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There were porters sitting there who had ropes wrapped around their waists .
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He stood there, red-shirted, on the steps, his coat wrapped around his waist .
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She whirled to face him, braced for further interrogation, her arms wrapped defensively across her waist .
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She just felt hopelessly entangled in the strong brown arms that were wrapped around her waist .
wool
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She was wrapped in soft brown wool .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
twist/wrap/wind sb around your little finger
wrap sb (up) in cotton wool
wrap up warm
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She's all wrapped up warm with this big old coat on.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And so, with her emotions wrapped up safely in a package of anger, Lisa proceeded to face the coming fortnight.
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Hank says our steps are wrapped around a phone pole two blocks down the beach.
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Here she was, locked in a cupboard, and wrapped in a tablecloth.
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It is modern technology all wrapped up without the cable to trip over, and the restriction of power point locations.
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So he presents his plan in fragments, and he wraps it in warm rhetoric aimed at pleasing moderate Democrats and independents.
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Trent gathered it and wrapped it with ties to the boom before going forward to raise the storm jib.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
plastic
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Flatten slightly into disk and wrap in plastic wrap.
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Put them on a plate, cover lightly with plastic wrap , and refrigerate.
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Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
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The price is right and the laundry comes returned to you in an vacuum-tight plastic wrap .
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Press mixture down hard and wrap in plastic wrap.
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Return to a clean bowl and cover with damp towel or plastic wrap , or put the bowl inside a plastic bag.
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Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let dough rise in a warm place until it has doubled in bulk.
■ NOUN
bubble
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The tubes are protected in a plastic pouch and bubble wrap .
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Insulate the ducts that carry heat to your home with bubble wrap .
gift
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Give your gifts a special finishing touch by making this sparkly gift wrap .
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Keep holiday gift wrap in good condition from year to year.
■ VERB
cover
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Handle just enough to form dough into ball. Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
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Remove pancakes, peel them apart, and set aside. Cover with plastic wrap until ready to use.
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Refrigerate at least 90 minutes or overnight if covered with plastic wrap .
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Use right away, or cover fully with plastic wrap to preserve moisture.
keep
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There is some multimedia hardware on-board that the company is trying to keep pretty much under wraps .
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Mars Inc. had a wrapper problem it wanted to keep under wraps .
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But in the interests of security we are keeping the information under wraps .
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Dole aides denied that he was being kept under wraps to prevent further erosion in his support.
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The second report by a banking inspector has also been kept under wraps .
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The Left would like a civilian, but if there is a candidate it is keeping him under wraps .
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Which is why, if you've got a bad temper, you probably do your utmost to keep it under wraps .
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But officials deny they've been keeping their proposals under wraps .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
twist/wrap/wind sb around your little finger
wrap up warm
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She's all wrapped up warm with this big old coat on.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The women wore evening gowns and light summer wraps.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Put in the dough and cover with a damp towel or plastic wrap or place the bowl inside a plastic bag.
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Skoda will pull the wraps off their Fabia saloon, the Octavia 4X4 hatchback and a mystery concept car.
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Steam pancakes briefly to reheat or wrap in plastic wrap and heat in microwave.