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  • keep a secret — Not to divulge a secret • • • Main Entry: ↑secret …   Useful english dictionary

  • keep a secret — not tell anyone, keep it to yourself    Children can keep a secret better than adults …   English idioms

  • keep a secret — not tell a secret to others I have been trying to keep a secret about her boyfriend for a long time now …   Idioms and examples

  • keep a secret — safeguard a secret, not tell anyone …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Can You Keep a Secret? — is also a novel by Sophie Kinsella Single infobox Name = Can You Keep a Secret? Artist = Utada Hikaru from Album = Distance Released = February 16, 2001 Format = CD, Maxi Single Recorded = Genre = J Pop Length = N/A Label = EMI Music Japan Writer …   Wikipedia

  • three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead — 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II. V. G4v We twayne are one to many (quoth I) for men saie, Three maie keepe a counsell, if two be awaie. c 1595 SHAKESPEARE Romeo & Juliet II. iv. 190 Is your man secret? Did you ne’er hear say Two may keep… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • keep something under your hat — informal phrase to keep something secret Thesaurus: to keep something secretsynonym Main entry: hat * * * keep (something) under your hat : to keep ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • keep a lid on — keep a (or the) lid on informal keep (an emotion or process) from going out of control she was no longer able to keep the lid on her simmering anger ■ keep secret she keeps a very tight lid on her own private life * * * keep a lid on 1 : to keep… …   Useful english dictionary

  • keep something quiet — To preserve the secrecy of something by saying nothing about it • • • Main Entry: ↑quiet * * * keep something quiet (or keep quiet about something) refrain from disclosing information about something; keep something secret * * * keep quiet about… …   Useful english dictionary

  • keep something dark — keep something secret from other people I asked Ann to keep my identity dark * * * keep sth ˈdark f9 idiom (BrE, informal) to keep sth secret and not tell people about it • He s got two children? Well he s kept that dark …   Useful english dictionary

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