Behind someone’s back
out of one’s presence or without someone’s knowledge, as in joan has a nasty way of maligning her friends behind their backs. sir thomas malory used this metaphoric term in le morte d’arthur (c. 1470): “to say of me wrong or shame behind my back.” [ early 1300s ]
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