"keep a low profile" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-keep a low profile.ogg Forms: keeps a low profile [present, singular, third-person], keeping a low profile [participle, present], kept a low profile [participle, past], kept a low profile [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,kept>}} 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. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: lie doggo, lie low, play doggo Related terms: keep one's head down Translations (to be quiet): تَوَارَى عَنْ الْأَنْظَار (tawārā ʕan al-ʔanẓār) (Arabic), držet se zpátky [imperfective] (Czech), držet se při zemi [imperfective] (Czech), chovat se nenápadně [imperfective] (Czech), pitää matalaa profiilia (Finnish), faire profil bas (French), se tenir à carreau (French), actuar con discreción (Galician), sich zurückhalten (German), sich unauffällig verhalten (German), meghúzza magát (Hungarian), háttérben marad (Hungarian), háttérbe húzódik (Hungarian), kerüli a feltűnést/nyilvánosságot (Hungarian), meglapul (Hungarian), nie wychylać się [imperfective] (Polish), nie wychylić się [perfective] (Polish), aja com discrição (Portuguese), тихариться (tixaritʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian)

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