"comme un voleur" meaning in Français

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Adverb

IPA: \kɔ.m‿œ̃ vɔ.lœʁ\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-comme un voleur.wav
  1. Discrètement ; sans se faire remarquer. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: fr-comme_un_voleur-fr-adv-5219Qtf3 Categories (other): Exemples en français, Termes populaires en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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