HyperDic: take_the_fifth

English > 1 sense of the expression take the Fifth:
VERBcommunicationtake the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendmentrefuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself
English > take the Fifth: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaningrefuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself.
PatternSomebody ----s
Synonymtake the Fifth Amendment
Broaderdeclarestate emphatically and authoritatively

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