Definition of dead men tell no tales
—used to say that someone who has been killed cannot reveal secret information
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dead
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: deprived of life : no longer alive
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: having the appearance of death : deathly
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: lacking power to move, feel, or respond : numb
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: someone who is no longer alive : one that is dead (see 1dead 1)
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: the state of being dead
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: the time of greatest quiet
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: absolutely, utterly
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: suddenly and completely
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: directly
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: to relate in detail : narrate
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: to give utterance to : say
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: to make known : divulge, reveal
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: an inadvertent behavior or mannerism that betrays a poker player's true thoughts, intentions, or emotions
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: hill, mound
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: a usually imaginative narrative of an event : story
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: an intentionally untrue report : falsehood
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: a series of events or facts told or presented : account
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