under the counter
Example Sentences
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In one case, an employee saw the approaching agent and shoved 10 displayed basketballs under the counter, as if to be able to say, What basketballs?
From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2023
Without saying a word, he reached under the counter, pulled out a tape measure and wrapped it around my head.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2021
In his hotel, he discovers that the pipes under the counter are gone.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2021
When it was launched in 1954, gay magazines were a strictly "under the counter" affair.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2021
Biff folded the newspapers and put them back under the counter.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
