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unwrap

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un·wrap  (n-rp)
tr. & intr.v. un·wrapped, un·wrap·ping, un·wraps
To remove the wrapping or wrappings from or become unwrapped.

unwrap
Verb
[-wrapping, -wrapped] to remove the wrapping from something or (of something wrapped) to have the covering removed
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Verb1.unwrapunwrap - remove the outer cover or wrapping of; "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel"
uncover, expose - remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"
wrap, wrap up - arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present"
2.unwrapunwrap - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
blackwash - bring (information) out of concealment
muckrake - explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking"
blow - cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"
out - reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"
come out of the closet, out, come out - to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year"
spring - produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving"
get around, get out, break - be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning"
betray, bewray - reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"
confide - reveal in private; tell confidentially
leak - tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"
babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, tattle, babble, talk, sing - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
reveal - disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"
Translations
Spanish unwrap [ʌnˈræp] vtdeshacer
French unwrap [ʌnˈræp] vtdéfaire; ouvrir
German unwrap [ʌnˈræp] vtauspacken
Italian unwrap [ʌnˈræp] vtdisfare [+ present]; aprire

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But if you'll unwrap that package you may see why you had me going a while at first.
Whether there was any correspondence between the two prospects now opening before them they shared the same sense of the impending future, vast, mysterious, infinitely stored with undeveloped shapes which each would unwrap for the other to behold; but for the present the prospect of the future was enough to fill them with silent adoration.
 
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