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keep quiet
Also, be quiet or still . Remain silent; same as hold one's tongue . For example, Please keep quiet about the party . Also see keep one's mouth shut .
Refrain from moving, stay in the same position; same as hold still . For example, The doctor gave the young boy a toy to keep him quiet while on the examining table , or It's hard for the baby to keep still unless he's sleeping . [Late 1300s]
Idioms and Phrases
Also, keep still .Example Sentences
Humphries had said this week that he will keep quiet in the future after facing a backlash regarding his comments about struggling with the current darts schedule.
World number one Luke Humphries says he will keep quiet in the future after facing backlash regarding his comments about struggling with the current darts schedule.
Many details of the event were kept quiet for decades, and it is far less famous than some of the more recent examples.
Six days before Christmas, Jenson Brooksby took to social media to share something he had "kept quiet for his entire life".
At this point Annie got out her phone to take a photograph of the men, and this prompted the other man to offer her money to keep quiet.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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