under the radar
English edit
Etymology edit
An allusion to flying an airplane at an altitude too low for radar detection.
Pronunciation edit
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Prepositional phrase edit
- (idiomatic) Without attracting notice; in an undetected or secretive manner.
- 2004 August 30, Andrea Sachs, “About-Face”, in Time:
- Institutional change has not happened. But it's done quietly under the radar at lots of places.
- 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 48:
- Look, we keep our hand in with Maitland as well as this Partick thing. But we do it under the radar.
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:covert
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
in an undetected or secretive manner
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