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cloak-and-dagger

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cloak-and-dagger
cloak-and-dagger behaviour is when people behave in a very secret way, often when it is not really necessary. Is all this cloak-and-dagger stuff necessary? Why can't we just meet in a café like everyone else? (always before noun)


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Should I stoke Trojans fans' fear of abandonment by Pete Carroll, and make fun of his cloak-and-dagger meeting with Miami Dolphins officials in Costa Rica?
What was truly unusual about these encounters is that months before the car is even released to the public, Honda shared intricate details about the engineering involved in the car, from the suspension to the engine to the electronics, something that was inconceivable less than five years ago in the secretive cloak-and-dagger world of auto manufacturers.
Parachute school was followed by an assessment phase in which Hall began the "cloak" portion of his cloak-and-dagger training.
 
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