keep mum

Verb

Meaning

refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

shut up clam up be quiet hush shush close up pipe down keep quiet quieten hush up button up dummy up belt up stop talking shut your mouth

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Antonyms

state say voice speak tell talk

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Examples

Living in the fishbowl is hard enough without worrying about a Secret Service that can't keep mum. Eleanor Clift

There's a shop on the next corner, North Six, between Wythe and Berry? I'd like you all to go smash it up. Now, if anyone asks you who told you to do this, I want you to keep mum. It was Franz. Jack Terricloth

The children shut up when their father approached Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

keep measures keep moving keep moving forward keep mum about keep mum on keep my mouth shut