HyperDic: take_the_fifth

English > 1 sense of the expression *take the Fifth*:
VERB	communication	take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendment	refuse 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
Meaning	refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Synonym	take the Fifth Amendment
Broader	declare	state emphatically and authoritatively