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keep mum
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keep mumverb
Synonyms:
keep shtum, mums the wordkeep mumverb
To not talk; especially keep silent about something that may be sensitive or secret.
Be like dad, keep mum (British wartime poster)
Synonyms:
keep shtum, mums the word
Princeton's WordNet
close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mumverb
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
"The children shut up when their father approached"
Synonyms:
block, shut away, belt up, hush, button up, dummy, impede, lock away, lock up, hush up, be quiet, still, dummy up, clam up, close up, close, close down, obstruct, put away, lock in, fold, obturate, lock, shut down, quieten, shut up, jam, silence, occlude
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