undercover

[ uhn-der-kuhv-er, uhn-der-kuhv- ]
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adjective
  1. working or done out of public sight; secret: an undercover investigation.

  2. engaged in spying or securing confidential information: an undercover agent.

Origin of undercover

1
First recorded in 1850–55; under- + cover

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undercover

/ (ˌʌndəˈkʌvə) /


adjective
  1. done or acting in secret: undercover operations

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Other Idioms and Phrases with undercover

undercover

Protected by a shelter, as in It began to pour but fortunately we were under cover. [c. 1400]

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