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lead a double life

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lead a double life
to have a second, secret life that is usually not socially acceptable. The investigation uncovered details of Boley's double life, including secret bank accounts and a private post office box.
Usage notes: also used with the verb live: Nobody in France seemed to really care that he lived a double life.
See also: double, lead, life

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Often, converts to Christianity in Egypt lead a double life.
``I do lead a double life,'' said Liz, who, having seen the show countless times, watches it from the edge of her seat.
But this modest "business" requires that he lead a double life since in order for the quid pro quo to work, he must conceal the fact that his clients are not his economic peers, that he is in fact a man of substance who through hard work has acquired and rents out several properties.
 
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