keep/stay mum
idiom
informal
: to not tell anyone (about something)
She told him to keep/stay mum about the project.
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Meanwhile, Eugenie and Beatrice are going to keep mum.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 20 Sep. 2024
Driving the news: State Sen. Bill DeMora (D-Columbus), who serves as the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) convention and delegate director, urged the delegates in an email Monday afternoon to keep mum.
—Tyler Buchanan, Axios, 8 July 2024
Among those Trump sought to keep mum about his lurid misdeeds, prosecutors say, were:
Daniels, who alleges Trump cheated on Melania with her at a 2006 Lake Tahoe golf tournament, less than a year after the birth of his youngest child.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2024
However, that doesn’t give them the pass to stay mum on the issue forever.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 20 May 2024
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 20 Sep. 2024
Driving the news: State Sen. Bill DeMora (D-Columbus), who serves as the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) convention and delegate director, urged the delegates in an email Monday afternoon to keep mum.
—Tyler Buchanan, Axios, 8 July 2024
Among those Trump sought to keep mum about his lurid misdeeds, prosecutors say, were:
Daniels, who alleges Trump cheated on Melania with her at a 2006 Lake Tahoe golf tournament, less than a year after the birth of his youngest child.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2024
However, that doesn’t give them the pass to stay mum on the issue forever.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 20 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for keep/stay mum
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“Keep/stay mum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%2Fstay%20mum. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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