On the q.t.

Will you be so kind as to impress him with the fact that this expedition is on the Q.T.? Not that I think he will say anythin'.

[R]ound up some of our friends on the q.t. Don't let Brill get a notion of what's in the air.

All kind of places are good for ads ... Got fellows to stick them up or stick himself for that matter on the q.t. running in to loosen a button. Fly by night.

But most are cozy affairs, kept strictly on the Q.T. Nothing is done in writing—no invitations, no tickets, just quiet phone calls.

You heard it first here, dear readers... off the record, "on the Q.T.", and very Hush Hush.

Now, what I want is a camp tender to stay in the main camp, where the Forest Service says. But the herder is gonna pitch a pup tent on the Q.T. with the sheep and he's gonna sleep there.

“This is hush-hush,” Mr. Fleischer recalled Mr. Libby as saying in effect. “This is on the Q.T. Not many people know about this.”