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on the QT
Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | on the QT - in secrecy; not openly; "met secretly to discuss the invasion plans"; "the children secretly went to the movies when they were supposed to be at the library"; "they arranged to meet in secret"in secret, on the Q.T., secretly |
on the QT
on the Q.T.Confidential(ly); secret(ly); without anyone else knowing. "Q.T." is an abbreviation of "quiet." Please keep this information on the Q.T. until we are ready to make a public announcement. It turns out he's been writing a romance novel on the Q.T.See also: onon the QTquietly; secretly. (An abbreviation of quiet.) The company president was making payments to his wife on the QT. The mayor accepted a bribe on the QT.See also: on, QTon the QT OLD-FASHIONEDIf you do something on the QT, you do it secretly. Note: `QT' is sometimes written as `q.t.'. It is pronounced `q t', as if you were spelling it out. They've asked our government to help them. All on the QT, of course. Many of the companies had been selling weapons to the terrorists for years, openly or on the q.t. Note: In this expression, `QT' is short for `quiet'. See also: on, QTon the QT mod. in secret; secretly. (From QuieT.) He said it on the QT so no one else knows except you and me. See also: on, QTon the QTClandestinely, secretly. This slangy expression, dating from the late 1800s, uses QT as an abbreviation for “quiet.” George Moore had it in A Mummer’s Wife (1887), “It will be possible to have one spree on the strict Q.T.”See also: on, QTEncyclopediaSeeQtMedicalSeeqton the QT
Synonyms for on the QTadv in secrecySynonyms- in secret
- on the Q.T.
- secretly
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