off-message
adverb [after verb], adjective /ˌɒfˈmes.ɪdʒ/
/ˌɑːf-/ UKDefinition
› describes a politician who says things in public that are different from the official ideas of their political party: He was criticized severely by party leaders for going off-message during the debate. → Compare on-messageSecrecy and privacy
(Definition of off-message adverbadjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anonymity noun
- anonymous adjective
- backroom noun
- backstage adjective, adverb
- be none of sb's business idiom
- covert adjective
- covertly adverb
- coy adjective (SECRET)
- crypto- prefix
- dead men tell no tales idiom
- mum adjective
- my lips are sealed idiom
- off the record idiom
- official secret noun
- on the quiet idiom
- trade secret noun
- ulterior adjective
- under the table idiom
- under wraps idiom
- undisclosed adjective
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Secrecy and privacy
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