verb
- Remove the outer cover or wrapping of.
- usage: "Let's unwrap the gifts"; "undo the parcel"
- synonyms: undo
- Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.
- usage: "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"
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