HyperDic: keep_one[s_mouth_shut

English > 1 sense of the expression keep one's mouth shut:
VERBcommunicationkeep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouthrefrain from divulging sensitive information
English > keep one's mouth shut: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
MeaningRefrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information.
PatternSomebody ----s
Synonymskeep quiet, shut one's mouth
Oppositespill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab outdivulge confidential information or secrets
Spanishcallar
Catalancallar

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