on the down-low

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Prepositional phrase

on the down-low

(US, idiomatic, slang, euphemistic) In secret.
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, LGBT) (of a male) Publicly identifying as heterosexual but secretly having sex with other men.

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Also used as a predicate.

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see also Thesaurus:covert

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