keep one's lips sealed

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keep one's lips sealed

verb keeps one's lips sealed · keeping one's lips sealed · kept one's lips sealed

  1. idiomatic To keep quiet; to keep a secret; to not tell. You can certainly trust me to keep my lips sealed about the matter.

    Similar: keep one's mouth shut

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verb keep quiet

Españolno soltar prenda
中文守口如瓶 shǒukǒurúpíng
Françaisne rien dire, se taire, ne pas desserrer les dents
Русскийдержа́ть язы́к за зубами deržátʹ jazýk za zubami, держа́ть рот на замке deržátʹ rot na zamke

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@misc{keep_one_s_lips_sealed_2026,
  title = {keep one's lips sealed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/keep%20one's%20lips%20sealed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}