If someone is wrapped upin a particular person or thing, they spend nearly all their time thinking about them, so that they forget about other things which may be important.
He's too serious and dedicated, wrapped up in his career. [+ in]
New mothers can get very wrapped up in their baby without realising it.
[Also + with]
Synonyms: absorbed (in), lost (in), involved (in), preoccupied (with) More Synonyms of wrapped up
wrapped up in British English
informal
a.
completely absorbed or engrossed in
b.
implicated or involved in
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Examples of 'wrapped up' in a sentence
wrapped up
I don't know because I'm too wrapped up in a sense of disappointment, which is ridiculous.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
An old fashioned razor --- bone handled --- wrapped up in a small off-white face towel (Katherine almost cut herself upon it.
Nicola Barker BEHINDLINGS (2002)
From the right one he removed something small, wrapped up in tin foil.
Nicola Barker BEHINDLINGS (2002)
In other languages
wrapped up
British English: wrapped up ADJECTIVE
If someone is wrapped up in a particular person or thing, they spend nearly all their time thinking about them, so that they forget about other things which may be important.
He's too serious and dedicated, wrapped up in his career.