in disguise
idiom
1
: wearing a disguise
I've heard that she sometimes travels around the country in disguise.
2
: made to look like something else : presented as another thing
He says that the new fee is really just a tax increase in disguise.
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What feels like failure can be redirection in disguise.
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Roxana Diaconu, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Listen to learn why these flying poop machines might be ocean heroes in disguise.
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Pisces transits remind us that endings are beginnings in disguise, and with Jupiter in Cancer as one of the chart rulers of the lunar eclipse, many of us have been feeling emotions rise to the surface in tidal waves this past week.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 7 Sep. 2025
Interventions are a blessing in disguise, Libra.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
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Roxana Diaconu, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Listen to learn why these flying poop machines might be ocean heroes in disguise.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
Pisces transits remind us that endings are beginnings in disguise, and with Jupiter in Cancer as one of the chart rulers of the lunar eclipse, many of us have been feeling emotions rise to the surface in tidal waves this past week.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 7 Sep. 2025
Interventions are a blessing in disguise, Libra.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in disguise
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“In disguise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20disguise. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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