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below/under the radar below the radarIn a position in which someone or something will remain unnoticed or undetected. With so many different amendments to the bill being made, some appropriations slipped below the radar. I plan to stay below the radar until this controversy blows over.See also: below, radarunder the radarIn a position in which someone or something will remain unnoticed or undetected. With so many different amendments to the bill being made, some appropriations slipped under the radar. I plan to stay under the radar until this controversy blows over.See also: radarbelow/under the ˈradar (screen) if something is below/under the radar, people are not aware of it: The conflict has slipped below the radar screens of the mass media. ♢ Experts say a lot of corporate crime stays under the radar.See also: below, radarunder the radarDescribing an action that cannot be detected. The term comes from aviation during World War II, where a plane is flying too low to be detected by the enemy’s radar. It soon was transferred to other situations, as in “I don’t want anyone to know I’m looking for another job, so keep my applications under the radar.” John Lescroart used it in A Plague of Secrets (2010), “Now I know . . . it hasn’t been the subject of much police concern so far . . . So up to now you’re all under the radar.”See also: radar |