on the down-low

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

En-au-on the down-low.ogg

Word forms

on the down-low on the down low on the DL on the low on the downlow

Related words

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