Usually means: Not in public; behind closed.
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  1. in private: Merriam-Webster
  2. in private: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. in private: Collins English Dictionary
  4. in private: Vocabulary.com
  5. in private: Wordnik
  6. in private: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. in private: Wiktionary
  8. In private, in private: Dictionary.com
  9. In Private: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. in private: Rhymezone
  11. in private: FreeDictionary.org
  12. in private: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. in private: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. in private: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. in private: Idioms

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Definitions from Wikipedia (In Private)

▸ noun:  "In Private" is a song by British singer Dusty Springfield, released as a single on 20 November 1989.


Opposite:
public, open, shared, communal

Types:
in camera, in chambers, more...

Phrases:
Recurring jokes in Private Eye, obsession in private, more...

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Opposite:
public, open, shared, communal

Types:
in camera, in chambers, more...

Phrases:
Recurring jokes in Private Eye, obsession in private, more...




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