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behind the scenes

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behind the scenes
if something happens behind the scenes, it happens secretly, especially when something else is happening publicly. Diplomats have been working hard behind the scenes in preparation for the peace talks.
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behind the scenes
quietly, in a way that does not attract attention. Diplomats have been working hard behind the scenes in preparation for the talks.
See also: behind, scene

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The general public did not understand the situation, even those who were in a measure behind the scenes found it hard to believe that the attack upon the Bekwando Gold and Land shares was purely a personal one.
They did not drag her away at once, but sang with her for a long time and then at last dragged her off, and behind the scenes something metallic was struck three times and everyone knelt down and sang a prayer.
Stepan Arkadyevitch went to the Grand Theater to a rehearsal of the ballet, and gave Masha Tchibisova, a pretty dancing-girl whom he had just taken under his protection, the coral necklace he had promised her the evening before, and behind the scenes in the dim daylight of the theater, managed to kiss her pretty little face, radiant over her present.
 
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