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keep quiet

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keep something quiet and keep something still
Fig. to keep something a secret. I'm quitting my job, but my boss doesn't know yet. Please keep it quiet. Okay. I'll keep it still
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keep quiet (about someone or something) and keep still (about someone or something)

to refrain from talking about someone or something; to keep a secret about someone or something. Please keep quiet about the missing money. Please keep still about it. All right. I'll keep still.
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keep quiet (about something)
to not talk about something You know you can trust me to keep quiet. The governor has kept quiet about raising taxes.
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"Lie down and keep quiet," whispered the cat, warningly.
Honeychurch, with the air of one who has considered the subject, "I shall not keep quiet.
Van Baerle, more afraid for his companion than himself, threw himself back into the carriage, but he could only keep quiet for half a minute, and the first twenty horsemen had scarcely passed when he again leaned out of the carriage window, gesticulating imploringly towards the Stadtholder at the very moment when he passed.
 
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