entre bastidores

adv.

offstage, behind the scenes, backstage, behind the scene.

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entre bastidores

in the wings 2 figurado behind the scenes

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= behind the scenes, backstage, offstage

Ex. US libraries and librarians played a notable role, behind the scenes, in the preparations for peace toward the end of World War I.

Ex. Those visitors whoh are able to go 'backstage' to the work and storage areas of the Museum see the dismaying conditions with which the professional staff have to conted.

Ex. More through inattention than any attempt at concealment, the shaping of the twenty-first century is happening offstage, out of sight.

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= behind the scenes, backstage, offstage

Ex: US libraries and librarians played a notable role, behind the scenes, in the preparations for peace toward the end of World War I.

Ex: Those visitors whoh are able to go 'backstage' to the work and storage areas of the Museum see the dismaying conditions with which the professional staff have to conted.

Ex: More through inattention than any attempt at concealment, the shaping of the twenty-first century is happening offstage, out of sight.