keep a low profile

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

keep a low profile (third-person singular simple present keeps a low profile, present participle keeping a low profile, simple past and past participle kept a low profile)

1. (idiomatic) To be discreet and quiet.

   Synonyms: lie doggo, lie low, play doggo

   He kept a low profile during the carnival.

Related terms

• low-profile (adjective)

Translations

to be quiet

• Arabic: تَوَارَى عَنْ الْأَنْظَار (tawārā ʕan al-ʔanẓār)
• Czech: držet se zpátky impf, držet se při zemi impf, chovat se nenápadně impf
• Finnish: pitää matalaa profiilia
• French: faire profil bas (fr), se tenir à carreau (fr)
• Galician: actuar con discreción
• German: sich zurückhalten, sich unauffällig verhalten
• Hungarian: meghúzza magát, háttérben marad, háttérbe húzódik, kerüli a feltűnést/nyilvánosságot, meglapul (hu)
• Polish: nie wychylać się impf, nie wychylić się pf
• Portuguese: aja com discrição
• Russian: тихариться (ru) impf (tixaritʹsja)

See also

• keep one's head down