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Meaning of on the quiet in English. on the quiet. idiom informal. Add to word list. secretly: His wife found out he'd been seeing someone on the quiet. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Secrecy and privacy. anonymity. anonymization. anonymize. anonymously. cryptography. data protection. dead men tell no tales idiom. dissimulate.
Definition of 'on the quiet' on the quiet. phrase. If something is done on the quiet, it is done secretly or in such a way that people do not notice it. She'd promised to give him driving lessons, on the quiet, when no one could see. See full dictionary entry for quiet. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
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on the quiet. Confidentially; secretly; without anyone else knowing. Please keep this information on the quiet until we are ready to make a public announcement. It turns out he's been writing a romance novel on the quiet. See also: on, quiet.
The slang term ‘qt’ is a shortened form of ‘quiet’. There’s no definitive source for the phrase ‘on the q.t.’, although it appears to be of 19th century British origin – not, as is often supposed, American.
1. a. : free from noise or uproar : still. a quiet room. The lights went down and the theater became quiet. b. : making or involving no noise or very little noise. a quiet motor. a quiet conversation. Everyone suddenly went quiet. Please be quiet —people are trying to study. c. : tending to speak very little : not loquacious.
( informal) surreptitiously. Synonym: on the sly. References [ edit] “ on the quiet ” (US) / “ on the quiet ” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. “ on the quiet ”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “ on the quiet ” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
