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Meaning of on the down-low | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. In secret or nearly so, on a need-to-know basis.
    US, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang
  2. Secretly sleeping with someone other than one's partner.
    US, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang
  3. Of a man, publicly identifying as heterosexual but secretly having sex with men.

Examples

“I'll tell you, but keep it on the down-low.”
“And keep it on the down low Nobody has to know”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

on the dry on the earie on the edge on the edge of one's seat on the face of on the face of it

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