stay shtum

stay shtum
keep/stay ˈshtum idiom
(BrE, informal) to not speak

Police have appealed for witnesses, but it seems the locals are keeping shtum.

Main entry:shtumidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • shtum — adj silent, unspeaking. Most often heard in the phrase keep/stay shtum : be quiet. A Yiddish term from the German stumm: dumb, which entered London working class slang via Jewish influ ence in the East End …   Contemporary slang

  • keep shtum — keep/stay ˈshtum idiom (BrE, informal) to not speak • Police have appealed for witnesses, but it seems the locals are keeping shtum. Main entry: ↑shtumidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • schtum — same as ↑shtoom * * * schtum UK [ʃtʊm] US adjective british informal silent keep/​stay schtum: Why did you keep schtum for so long? Thesaurus: silent and silencesynonym describing loud and noisy sounds …   Useful english dictionary

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