under the radar en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Etymology
An allusion to flying an airplane at an altitude too low for radar detection.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) Without attracting notice; in an undetected or secretive manner.
Institutional change has not happened. But it's done quietly under the radar at lots of places.
2004 August 30, Andrea Sachs, “About-Face”, in Time:Look, we keep our hand in with Maitland as well as this Partick thing. But we do it under the radar.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 48:
Deriveds
fly under the radar · slip under the radar
Translations (11)
cmn 悄悄地 (in an undetected or secretive manner) · ru под радаром (in an undetected or secretive manner) · sv under radarn (in an undetected or secretive manner) · fi katveessa (in an undetected or secretive manner) · cmn 低調地 /低调地 (in an undetected or secretive manner) · hu észrevétlenül (in an undetected or secretive manner) · fr sous les radars (in an undetected or secretive manner) · cmn 不為人知地 /不为人知地 (in an undetected or secretive manner) · fi piilossa (in an undetected or secretive manner) · id diam-diam (in an undetected or secretive manner) · fi salaa (in an undetected or secretive manner)