"take to the grave" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take something to the grave.ogg Forms: takes to the grave [present, singular, third-person], taking to the grave [participle, present], took to the grave [past], taken to the grave [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> to the grave}} take to the grave (third-person singular simple present takes to the grave, present participle taking to the grave, simple past took to the grave, past participle taken to the grave)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To never reveal (a secret). Tags: idiomatic, transitive Categories (topical): Death Translations (to never reveal a secret to one's death): 把……帶進墳墓 (Chinese Mandarin), 把……带进坟墓 (bǎ... dàijìn fénmù) (Chinese Mandarin), viedä mukanaan hautaan (Finnish), emporter dans sa tombe (French), etwas mit ins Grab nehmen (German), sírba visz (Hungarian), zabrać ze sobą do grobu [perfective] (Polish), унести́ в моги́лу (unestí v mogílu) [perfective] (Russian), унести́ с собо́й в моги́лу (unestí s sobój v mogílu) [perfective] (Russian), llevarse a la tumba (Spanish), ta med sig något i graven (Swedish)
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          "word": "把……帶進墳墓"
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          "sense": "to never reveal a secret to one's death",
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          "sense": "to never reveal a secret to one's death",
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          "sense": "to never reveal a secret to one's death",
          "word": "llevarse a la tumba"
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          "sense": "to never reveal a secret to one's death",
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      "sense": "to never reveal a secret to one's death",
      "word": "把……帶進墳墓"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "to never reveal a secret to one's death",
      "word": "把……带进坟墓"
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      "sense": "to never reveal a secret to one's death",
      "word": "viedä mukanaan hautaan"
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      "sense": "to never reveal a secret to one's death",
      "word": "emporter dans sa tombe"
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      "sense": "to never reveal a secret to one's death",
      "word": "etwas mit ins Grab nehmen"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to never reveal a secret to one's death",
      "word": "sírba visz"
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      "sense": "to never reveal a secret to one's death",
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      "roman": "unestí v mogílu",
      "sense": "to never reveal a secret to one's death",
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      "sense": "to never reveal a secret to one's death",
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      "word": "унести́ с собо́й в моги́лу"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to never reveal a secret to one's death",
      "word": "llevarse a la tumba"
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      "sense": "to never reveal a secret to one's death",
      "word": "ta med sig något i graven"
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