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Under the rose

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In secret; secretly, privately. idiomatic

    "‘If you become the purchaser of the East Lynne estate, Mr Carlyle, it must be under the rose.’"

Etymology

Calque of Latin sub rosā.

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