"under the table" meaning in English

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      "glosses": [
        "Secret; covert; undisclosed."
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        "(adjectival) Secret; covert; undisclosed."
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      "examples": [
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          "text": "I was paid under the table, so I didn't have to pay taxes on the income but I couldn't complain when I was cheated."
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          "text": "2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/vultures-text\nThe men tie up their dogs, retrieve what’s left of the lion’s kill, and sprinkle it with a generic form of Furadan, a cheap, fast-acting pesticide that’s readily available under the table."
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        "(adverbial) Secretly; covertly; undisclosedly."
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "secretly",
          "word": "sort"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "secretly",
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          "sense": "secretly",
          "word": "bajo cuerda"
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        "In or into a state of stupification or boredom."
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          "boredom",
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        "In or into a state of drunkenness."
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        {
          "word": "under the mahogany"
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see under, table."
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          "word": "drink someone under the table"
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          "word": "talk someone under the table"
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          "word": "under the counter"
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          "word": "underhanded"
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          "word": "under-the-table"
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  "word": "under the table"
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      "word": "drink someone under the table"
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      "word": "talk someone under the table"
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      "word": "underhanded"
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        "Secret; covert; undisclosed."
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          "covert",
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        "(adjectival) Secret; covert; undisclosed."
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          "text": "I was paid under the table, so I didn't have to pay taxes on the income but I couldn't complain when I was cheated."
        },
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          "text": "2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/vultures-text\nThe men tie up their dogs, retrieve what’s left of the lion’s kill, and sprinkle it with a generic form of Furadan, a cheap, fast-acting pesticide that’s readily available under the table."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Secretly; covertly; undisclosedly."
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        "(adverbial) Secretly; covertly; undisclosedly."
      ],
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        "In or into a state of stupification or boredom."
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          "boredom",
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        "In or into a state of drunkenness."
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      "word": "under-the-table"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "secretly",
      "word": "sort"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "secretly",
      "word": "pimeästi"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "secretly",
      "word": "bajo cuerda"
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  "word": "under the table"
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