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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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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What feels like a delay can actually be divine timing in disguise.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 June 2025
Part 2: fifteen years later, while fleeing Petrograd, Nabokov’s father is accosted on a bridge by a gray-bearded peasant, who asks for a light and proves to be Kuropatkin in disguise.
—Elif Batuman, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Suggested Reading How Trump’s tariffs could make your iPhone cost $3,500
That’s because the discount giant’s strong results are often a recession signal in disguise.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 3 June 2025
What feels like a delay can actually be divine timing in disguise.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 June 2025
Part 2: fifteen years later, while fleeing Petrograd, Nabokov’s father is accosted on a bridge by a gray-bearded peasant, who asks for a light and proves to be Kuropatkin in disguise.
—Elif Batuman, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
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“In disguise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20disguise. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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