What does under cover mean?
Under cover means Performed or happening in secret..
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/ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/ · adjective
Performed or happening in secret..
Then there's the heterosexual, open-mined ^([sic]) entourage who loves us dearly and are our best friends. They laugh at our humor and understand our sorrow. For they are rare and unique in prison. But the vipers always ruin things. They refer to our straight friends as "Closet-Cases," "Undercovers," and "Flip-Floppers."
The estimates of bias reported here depend on the assumption that 6- to 14-year-olds were undercovered at the same rate as children 0 to 14 years old and that 16- to 17-year-olds were undercovered at the same rate as 16- to 19-year-olds.
To oversimplify, if black males age 20 to 29 are undercovered by 50 percent, then the first stage sampling weights for black males age 20 to 29 are doubled to properly sum to known population totals.
Use under cover when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Under cover means Performed or happening in secret..
Common synonyms include clandestine, surreptitious, secret, cloak-and-dagger.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Then there's the heterosexual, open-mined ^([sic]) entourage who loves us dearly and are our best friends. They laugh at our humor and understand our sorrow. For they are rare and unique in prison. But the vipers always ruin things. They refer to our straight friends as "Closet-Cases," "Undercovers," and "Flip-Floppers."
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