fly under the radar
Escape casual detection
To fly under the radar is to avoid detection or scrutiny, operating without attracting attention.
The phrase comes from aircraft flying low enough to evade radar systems.
In general use, it describes people or things that escape notice: She flew under the radar until her third album went platinum.
Often implies deliberate avoidance of attention, though sometimes things simply go unnoticed.
- blend inBecome part of surroundings
- hidden in plain sightVisible yet unseen
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
- cloak and daggerInvolving secrecy and intrigue
- shadowyObscured by darkness
avoidance · elude · incognito · out of sight · undetected · covert · spy · unobtrusive · inconspicuous · camouflage · low profile · clandestine · unnoticed · surreptitious · laying low · below the surface · discreet · dodge
- secrecysecrecy, secret, secrets, confidential, classified
- flightfly, flight, aviation, aircraft, airplane
fly under the radarstand out
Be noticeably different
make waves · attract attention · make a splash · take center stage · raise red flags
fly under the radarflaunt
Display to provoke envy
grandstand · self-promote · showboat · show off · make a spectacle of oneself