Usually means: Secretly discussed, confidentially spoken about.
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  1. under the rose: Merriam-Webster
  2. under the rose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. under the rose: Collins English Dictionary
  4. under the rose: Wordnik
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  7. under the rose: FreeDictionary.org
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  9. Under the rose: World Wide Words

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  1. under the rose: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ adverb:  (idiomatic) In secret; secretly, privately.

Similar:
sub rosa, secretly, secretively, clandestinely, privily, hiddenly, concealedly, covertly, off-the-record, underground, more...

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sub rosa, secretly, secretively, clandestinely, privily, hiddenly, concealedly, covertly, off-the-record, underground, more...



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