keep one's counsel
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keep one's counsel
verb keeps one's counsel · keeping one's counsel · kept one's counsel
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To keep one's own business private; to be careful, circumspect, or discreet in what one says concerning one's own deeds, situation, or thoughts.
As he held his mother to him, he longed to tell her all, but he kept his counsel.
Similar: hold one's peace, keep one's cards close to one's chest, keep one's mouth shut, keep one's own counsel, keep counsel
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To keep a secret for someone else; to be careful, circumspect, or discreet in what one says concerning someone else's deeds, situation, or thoughts.
Standish will keep our counsel, and the news will be old before it's known.
Similar: keep one's mouth shut
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