keep one's silence

idiom

: to not tell anyone about something
He vowed to keep his silence about what he had seen.

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“Keep one's silence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20one%27s%20silence. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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