on the down-low

== English == === Alternative forms === on the down low, on the DL, on the low, on the downlow === Pronunciation === === Prepositional phrase === on the down-low (US, idiomatic, slang, euphemistic) In secret or nearly so, on a need-to-know basis. (US, idiomatic, slang, euphemistic) Secretly sleeping with someone other than one's partner. (African-American Vernacular, LGBTQ) Of a man, publicly identifying as heterosexual but secretly having sex with men. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:covert ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “down-low”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “on the downlow”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.