"keep mum" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-keep mum.ogg [Australia] Forms: keeps mum [present, singular, third-person], keeping mum [participle, present], kept mum [participle, past], kept mum [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> mum}} keep mum (third-person singular simple present keeps mum, present participle keeping mum, simple past and past participle kept mum)
  1. (idiomatic) To refrain from talking, especially to remain silent about something that may be sensitive or secret. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: keep shtum, stay mum Related terms: bite one's tongue, breathe a word, mum's the word Translations (to keep silent): whakahū (Maori), whakangūngū (Maori), молча́ть в тря́почку (molčátʹ v trjápočku) [imperfective] (Russian), hacer mutis [colloquial] (Spanish), no decir ni pío (Spanish), hålla mun (Swedish)

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