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keep mum
verb
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
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The children shut up when their father approached

Syn:
close up, ↑clam up, ↑dummy up, ↑shut up, ↑belt up, ↑button up, ↑be quiet
Ant: ↑open up (for: ↑close up)
Verb Frames:
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keep mum informal phrase
to keep something secret
Thesaurus: to keep something secretsynonym
Main entry: mum

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informal remain silent, esp. so as not to reveal a secret

he was keeping mum about a possible move to Canada

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keep mum idiom
(informal) to say nothing about sth; to stay quiet

He kept mum about what he'd seen.

Main entry:mumidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.