get in through the back door

"We had to get in through the back door with the Chinese.

I suppose you might say he got in through the back door."

Under cover of darkness, she got in through the back door and went to the basement.

And Ray would get in through the back door.

After all, since Europe extends to all areas, people were getting in through the back door.

That way Raisa won't have a chance to show off, and who's better at getting in through the back door than Deaver?

Aftershocks Curt decided it wasn't safe for him and Lainie to stay in Max's house, after she told him she had gotten in through the back door with a key.

The fund is "closed" to new shareholders, but bondholders have conversion rights and can "get in through the back door," even though the company understandably does not want to share profits and does not publicize this fact.