betray nothing

phrase

: to fail show anything about what one is feeling or thinking
The expression on his face betrayed nothing.

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Such letters were heavily censored and betray nothing of Peter’s situation or of any danger. — Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 19 Jan. 2023 For a while, as in that scene in The Namesake, his demeanour seemed to betray nothing untoward. — Hazlitt, 28 Apr. 2022

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“Betray nothing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/betray%20nothing. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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