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Meanings of keep quiet in English

Refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information.

To stop speaking or making noise.

Usage of keep quiet in English
1
Go in the spare room, where it is cool; we'll keep quiet.
A Daughter of the Land
2
You need to be able to keep quiet when hunting and fishing.
Reuters
3
The story is that my father paid her to keep quiet, right?
The hellfire club
4
The longer they keep quiet and do nothing, the better for us.
The Boy Allies in Great Peril; Or, With the Italian Army in the ...
5
So they keep quiet and hope someone else will take the risk.
Earth Afire
6
I can at least keep quiet and make no fuss about it.
Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis: Headed for Graduation an...
7
All she had to do was to take it and keep quiet.
The Ear in the Wall
8
If we've convinced her to keep quiet, we've done enough for today.
Wizard and glass
9
Of course, she might keep quiet; but then, again, she might not.
Chatterbox, 1906
10
It seemed smarter to just keep quiet and wait, as Bill said.
The kiss
11
I asked the undertaker to keep quiet and he said he would.
Kings of the earth: a novel
12
But ask yourself: If your friends catcall women, do you keep quiet?
The South African
13
All you have to do is to keep quiet and look innocent.
Green Fancy
14
Bridau then sagely advised Madame Descoings to keep quiet and await events.
The Celibates
15
Addressing them, I begged them to keep quiet and listen to me.
The Call of the South / 1908
16
It will do very well until then, if you will keep quiet.
The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and S...
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Keep quiet through the time
Keep quiet across language varieties
United Kingdom
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South Africa
Common
United States of America
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