- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|279
- Abbreviations|0
33 entries under expression topic. ×
| buttoned up(adjective, sensitive, mysterious, private) | |
| clammed up(mysterious, private, reticent, taciturn) | |
| in ambush(close, sensitive, restricted, clandestine) | |
| in chambers(mysterious, private, reticent, taciturn) | |
| in privacy(mysterious, private, reticent, taciturn) | |
| in private(mysterious, private, reticent, taciturn) | |
| in the background(idiom, mysterious, reticent, taciturn) | |
| in the dark(idiom, mysterious, reticent, taciturn) | |
| on the QT(idiom, sensitive, reticent, taciturn) | |
| top secret(close, sensitive, inside, clandestine) | |
| under false pretense(idiom, close, sensitive, clandestine) | |
| behind the curtain(idiom, unknowing, hermetical, unbriefed) | |
| behind the scenes(idiom, unknowing, hermetical, unbriefed) | |
| blind to(unknowing, hermetical, unbriefed) | |
| caught napping(unknowing, hermetical, unbriefed) | |
| cloak and dagger(idiom, restricted, discreet) | |
| for eyes only(idiom, sensitive, sub-rosa) | |
| hidden away(sensitive, sub-rosa) | |
| in a corner(idiom, unknowing, hermetical, unbriefed) | |
| in secret(unknowing, hermetical, unbriefed) |
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