under the radar
idiom
: not getting attention : unnoticed
He tried to stay under the radar as he went about his business.
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Jackson Hole, Wyoming, has never been good at flying under the radar.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2024
But for all her significant work in not only hip hop, but other music genres, Missy Elliott is decidedly under the radar — and perhaps even overlooked.
—Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
The focus on the candidates’ personalities and defects have meant that key topics important to voters in Georgia have flown under the radar.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
Just under the radar fly many smaller Parisian museums that make space for the fantastic, the gritty and the unexpected.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2024
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2024
But for all her significant work in not only hip hop, but other music genres, Missy Elliott is decidedly under the radar — and perhaps even overlooked.
—Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
The focus on the candidates’ personalities and defects have meant that key topics important to voters in Georgia have flown under the radar.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
Just under the radar fly many smaller Parisian museums that make space for the fantastic, the gritty and the unexpected.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2024
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“Under the radar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20the%20radar. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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