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on the Q.T.



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Idioms and Phrases

Secretly, as in They told her on the Q.T. that she was being promoted . This slangy term, in which Q.T. is an abbreviation for “quiet,” was first recorded in 1884.
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Example Sentences

“I think we’re effective when we operate with a low profile and on the Q.T., really, for a lot of different reasons,” he said.

Then he went upstairs on the Q.T. and had a cup of coffee.

"Putting on all they can on the Q.T.," was the response.

He told us a few minutes later that he had sold seven such samples on the Q.T. and that he was going to have to mix up another brew!

If the note is straight goods I've got to work on the Q.T.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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