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on the down-low en · ADP

(US, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang) In secret or nearly so, on a need-to-know basis.
- I'll tell you, but keep it on the down-low.
(US, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang) Secretly sleeping with someone other than one's partner.
- And keep it on the down low Nobody has to know 1995 December 11, “Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)”performed by R. Kelly:
(qualifier:African-American Vernacular) Of a man, publicly identifying as heterosexual but secretly having sex with men.

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