on the down-low
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Prepositional phrase
- (US, idiomatic, slang, euphemistic) In secret or nearly so, on a need-to-know basis.
- I'll tell you, but keep it on the down-low.
- (US, idiomatic, slang, euphemistic) Secretly sleeping with someone other than one's partner.
- (African-American Vernacular, LGBTQ) Of a man, publicly identifying as heterosexual but secretly having sex with men.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:covert
See also
Further reading
- “down-low”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “on the downlow”, in Collins English Dictionary.