under the radar
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5.2
- idiom
- /ˈʌndər ðə ˈreɪdɑr/
:
pasar desapercibido
- To avoid unwanted attention, we decided to operate under the radar for a while.
- fly under the radar
- stay under the radar
- keep it under the radar
So one that I think might be a little under the radar here is Palantir.
- So one that I think might be a little under the radar here is Palantir.
- But there is a cast of characters around most addicts that just goes under the radar.
- So yeah, I, I took a bit more time and I my real focus was staying under the radar.
- And, you know, these federal congressmen, congresswomen, senators, most of the time they, they skate under the radar.
- First of all, I feel like I've managed to stay very much under the radar in terms of brands giving a shit about me.
- She's she's that player who really just goes under the radar but is tidy, does all the simple things, hardly turns over possession.
- But you know, when you're young, most kids just want to fly under the radar, have friends.
- And so they're sort of MO was very much on the quiet, doing everything to stay, as you say, under the radar.
- And so a lot of stuff slips under the radar that way.
- And that's incredible in a car like this, one of the all time great supercars flies under the radar.
- Yeah, You know, you go under the radar, but I went.
- Unfortunately, most of it has been under the radar.
- I love how that like that's under the radar.
- Like all personality dynamics, narcissism quite often impacts behavior under the radar.
Examples
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This time, we prefer to stay under the radar.
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We stayed under the radar as usual.
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We like to go under the radar, Sir.
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Like they were so under the radar and they were doing fine.
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Yeah, but it was nice to kind of just be like under the radar and just be some guy.
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Fine, we'll do this on our own under the radar.
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All right, guys, we're gonna stay under the radar.
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I think we need to come in a little under the radar here.
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But in the meantime, we have to stay under the radar.
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Aside from his Week 1 run, Kaepernick had been under the radar through the first three weeks.
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Synonyms
148
2.7
Not easy for other people to notice
125
1.1
A thing that is not easily seen or found
66
3.2
Hidden so people do not notice it
57
2.5
Other people do not see or pay attention to it
37
4.6
Not found or noticed by others
23
6.5
Very hard or impossible to notice
20
6.6
Not easily seen or noticed
12
7.1
Not noticed or known by most people
12
3.4
Kept where you cannot see it
12
4.8
Not noticed or celebrated by other people
5
7.5
Missed when people are busy or things are disorganized
3
4.2
Not known or noticed by other people
3
5.2
Not seen or noticed by anyone
2
4.6
Hard to see or notice
1
7.4
Not noticed or talked about by other people
1
7.8
Hard to notice or understand at first
1
8.2
Other people do not notice someone or something
1
6.9
Not noticed when a person or thing is gone
Hard to see or notice
Not noticed or given any attention
People do not notice it when it is important
Seen by only a few people
Antonyms
How Noticed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'not noticed' is directly derivable from 'under' (beneath) + 'radar' (a detection device): figuratively something 'under the radar' is below detection or notice. This spatial/metaphorical mapping is straightforward and predictable for a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
The idiom under the radar comes from war planes that flew very low to hide from the radar, so they were literally under the radar's view. That's why today it means 'not noticed' or kept secret.