in private

Meaning

1. Oxford95% of films

   with nobody else present

In the movies · 33

• I said, "Do not meet her in private."Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father2008
• Aye.Braveheart1995
• They're Puritans in public, perverts in private.Bohemian Rhapsody2018
• I'm in private practice now.The Trial of the Chicago 72020
• Speak to you a moment in private?The Beekeeper2024
• In private, there were some energy experiments.Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011
• These are matters to be discussed in privateUnderworld2003
• Your Majesty a word In privateMulan2020

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