prep_phrase
Meaning 1
Secret; covert; undisclosed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: adjectival
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Phrase guide
under the table
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prep_phrase
Meaning 2
Secretly; covertly; undisclosedly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: adverbial
Examples
- 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.
- 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.
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prep_phrase
Meaning 3
In or into a state of stupification or boredom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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prep_phrase
Meaning 4
In or into a state of drunkenness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: under the mahogany
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prep_phrase
Meaning 5
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see under, table.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: sort — secretly
- Finnish: pimeästi — secretly
- Spanish: bajo cuerda — secretly
- Swedish: under bordet — secretly
- Swedish: bakom kulisserna — secretly