keep a secret
idiom
: to not tell anyone else information that is meant to be hidden from other people
He knows how to keep a secret.
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Other fans were simply stunned that Kaling could keep a secret so well.
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Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 June 2024
Avoid sharing personal information with someone who can’t keep a secret.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
So exciting, but it's been tough to keep a secret for all this time.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024
There may be no harder time of the year to keep a secret in the NBA than the build up to the trade deadline, as scouts, executives, coaches, players and agents all gossip with reporters about who could move where and what that deal could cost.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
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Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 June 2024
Avoid sharing personal information with someone who can’t keep a secret.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
So exciting, but it's been tough to keep a secret for all this time.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024
There may be no harder time of the year to keep a secret in the NBA than the build up to the trade deadline, as scouts, executives, coaches, players and agents all gossip with reporters about who could move where and what that deal could cost.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
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“Keep a secret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20a%20secret. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.
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