Emotions & feelings
be wrapped up in something
be completely absorbed
If you are wrapped up in something, you are so focused on it that you do not notice other things.
Hear it in real life
Did you hear the doorbell?
No, I was wrapped up in a podcast.
I was so wrapped up in the match that I forgot to eat lunch.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I was wrapped up on the film.
Say: I was wrapped up in the film.
For the meaning of being completely absorbed, use "wrapped up in," not "wrapped up on," before the activity or subject.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be wrapped up in something; get wrapped up in something
Your turn: say it out loud
I was so wrapped up in the match that I forgot to eat lunch.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be wrapped up in something
be completely absorbed
“I was so wrapped up in the match that I forgot to eat lunch.”
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