keep quiet about something
- keep quiet about something
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to not tell anyone about something
Can we trust him to keep quiet about what he’s seen?
We’re going to keep her decision quiet for the moment.
Thesaurus: to keep something secret
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keep quiet about sth | keep sth quiet idiom
to say nothing about sth; to keep sth secret
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I've decided to resign but I'd rather you kept quiet about it.
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This story is too big to be kept quiet.
Useful english dictionary.
2012.
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