under the radar screen

under the radar screen

In a position in which someone or something will remain unnoticed or undetected. With so many different amendments to the bill being made, some appropriations slipped under the radar screen. I plan to stay under the radar screen until this controversy blows over.
See also: radar, screen
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • below the radar
  • below the radar screen
  • below/under the radar
  • stay below the radar
  • slip under the/(one's) radar
  • drop beneath the/(one's) radar
  • slip beneath the/(one's) radar
  • be in line with (someone or something)
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • accompany
References in periodicals archive
"It's basically been under the radar screen," Peter Spiro, a law professor at Hofstra University, nonchalantly told the Times.
AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Unlike the "All-the-News-that-Fits" major media, not only did we at THE NEW AMERICAN and the John Birch Society know about this stealth bomber against national independence flying "under the radar screen," we were sounding the alarm about what it would do to our country.
Calling the shots on the EU & NAFTA
We continue to look for centers that are "under the radar screen," properties that present a redevelopment scenario through renovation, expansion and/or re-tenanting.
And now for a word from the private sector...
Just when Americans think it is safe to live freely, the purveyors of intrusive government slip under the radar screen to monitor us even more closely.
Marxist Dialectic in action. (Letters to the Editor)