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in private
Idioms and Phrases
Not in public; secretly, confidentially. For example, The hearings will be conducted in private , or May I speak to you in private? [Late 1500s] For an antonym, see in public .Example Sentences
Poker girls are officially described as waitresses, and are hired along with other staff like bartenders, chefs and parking valets to work at poker parties in private homes.
He would make decisions spontaneously, in private, preferring to take advice from the friends he went drinking with, Kim said.
Mr Allen said: "We'd never used abusive or threatening language, even in private, and always followed due process."
Visits occur in apartment-like facilities in private and on prison grounds, according to the department.
Two and a bit months in to Trump's second term, the strategy from the government in the UK has been to wrangle in private and say as little as possible in public.
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