unwrap

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

verb remove the outer cover or wrapping of
verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

From Middle English unwrappen, equivalent to un- + wrap.

He had unwrapped the newspaper. — The mystery of the Blue Train, Agatha Christie
We unwrapped the little parcels of lunch. — The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
"With this she began to unwrap her swollen face. — John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein, Frank R. Stockton

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