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Meanings of keep mum in English

Portuguese
calar a boca
Catalan
callar
Spanish
callar

Refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent.

calar a boca
Usage of keep mum in English
1
Well, you had better warn her to keep mum before her father.
Joe the Hotel Boy; Or, Winning out by Pluck
2
And I know you'll be a friend of mine, and keep mum.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
3
It don't make any difference WHAT happens, we got to keep mum.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
4
Well, keep mum 'bout it, will ye, till I talk to him?
The Tides of Barnegat
5
He thinks it a good joke and he will keep mum.
The Mansion of Mystery / Being a Certain Case of Importance, Tak...
6
Everyone keep mum or there may be no spread at all.
Frank Roscoe's Secret; Or, the Darewell Chums in the Woods
7
Stand there and keep mum, and I'll give you a little breathing space.
Lahoma
8
So, you see, if he is wise he will keep mum.
Jim Cummings; Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery
9
Yet Black women keep mum because the stigma is so enormous.
Ebony
10
I reckon we're safe as long as we keep mum.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
11
I must tell you; but you'll keep mum, Uncle Jo?
Flamsted quarries
12
It's just as often as not th' men keep mum.
Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"
13
They's jest one question-areyou willin' to go in an' will you keep mum.
The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters; Or, The Lost Treasure of Buffalo...
14
I'm glad you stopped me; we must keep mum.
Deerfoot in The Mountains
15
Outsiders should look on, keep out, keep mum-andworry to themselves all they want to.
Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Roger...
16
How long would Abdel-Magied be required to keep mum?
The Guardian
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Translations for keep mum
Catalan
callar
Spanish
callar
Keep mum through the time
Keep mum across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common