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wrapped up in
Idioms and Phrases
Completely preoccupied by or absorbed in, as in She is wrapped up in her studies . [c. 1600] Also see wrap up .Example Sentences
"We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a Church that is wrapped up in its own world," he said shortly after his election.
The concept of harm in the Endangered Species Act is wrapped up in its prohibition of “take,” which means “to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture or collect” a species protected by the law.
Nor can anyone confidently declare they'll have that inquiry wrapped up in a few short months, as if they're writing a summer book report instead of conducting a scientific investigation.
“Chrisley Knows Best” wrapped up in 2023, with episodes that aired for weeks and weeks after the parents were incarcerated.
“She’ll be missed. She led with such a beautiful, gentle, dignified grace. She wasn’t all wrapped up in herself with her process. She was there for the team. It still doesn’t even feel real, if I’m honest with you. It was tremendously upsetting, and I’m glad we had each other to lean on.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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