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wrapped in a bow

wrapped in a bow adjective: combined or reduced into a neat self-contained package.

Adjective

wrapped in a bow (not comparable)

  1. (figuratively, informal) Combined or reduced into a neat self-contained package.
    • Among these true believers, gender and sexual preferences are believed to be necessarily tied together, and wrapped in a bow with appropriate bodily presentation.2018, Barbara J. Risman, Where the Millennials Will Take Us, page 85
    • Like every maiden before her, Mare was more likely to be married off, primed and polished and wrapped in a bow, than verify the identity of her writer.2018, Madeleine Graves, Star, Crossing

Questions about wrapped in a bow

What does wrapped in a bow mean?
Wrapped in a bow means combined or reduced into a neat self-contained package.
What part of speech is wrapped in a bow?
Wrapped in a bow is an adjective.

Words near wrapped in a bow in the dictionary

  1. wrappage
  2. wrappages
  3. wrappe
  4. wrapped
  5. wrapped around one's little finger
  6. wrapped in a bow
  7. wrapped in cotton wool
  8. wrapped in the flag
  9. wrapped one's arms around
  10. wrapped one's brain around
  11. wrapped one's head around

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