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under the table en · ADP

Meanings

1. (adjectival) Secret; covert; undisclosed.
2. (adverbial) Secretly; covertly; undisclosedly.
   • 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/vultures-text The men tie up their dogs, retrieve what’s left of the lion’s kill, and sprinkle it with a generic form of Furadan, a cheap, fast-acting pesticide that’s readily available under the table.
   • I was paid under the table, so I didn't have to pay taxes on the income but I couldn't complain when I was cheated.
3. In or into a state of stupification or boredom.
4. In or into a state of drunkenness.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see under, table.

Forms

Relateds

underhanded · talk someone under the table · drink under the table · under the counter

Synonyms

under the mahogany

Translations (6)

sv bakom kulisserna (secretly) · pl pod stołem (secretly) · fi pimeästi (secretly) · es bajo cuerda (secretly) · sv under bordet (secretly) · da sort (secretly)