HyperDic: shut_one[s_mouth

English > 1 sense of the expression shut one's mouth:
VERBcommunicationshut one's mouth, keep quiet, keep one's mouth shutrefrain from divulging sensitive information
English > shut one's mouth: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
MeaningRefrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information.
PatternSomebody ----s
Synonymskeep quiet, keep one's mouth shut
Oppositespill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab outdivulge confidential information or secrets
Spanishcallar
Catalancallar

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