keep mum

English

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One of the series of posters using the expression "keep mum"

Pronunciation

Audio (General Australian): (file)

Verb

keep mum (third-person singular simple present keeps mum, present participle keeping mum, simple past and past participle kept mum)

(idiomatic) To refrain from talking, especially to remain silent about something that may be sensitive or secret.
- c. 1940, British wartime poster
  Be like dad, keep mum.

Synonyms

Translations

to keep silent

Maori: whakahū, whakangūngū
Russian: молча́ть в тря́почку (ru) impf (molčátʹ v trjápočku)
Spanish: hacer mutis (colloquial), no decir ni pío
Swedish: hålla mun