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.
Examples of keep a secret in a Sentence
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So exciting, but it's been tough to keep a secret for all this time.
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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
Apparently, people in Hollywood actually can keep a secret.
—Glamour, 15 Oct. 2023
Still, obstacles remain — not least because of questions about the U.S.’s own ability to keep a secret.
—Time, 5 Oct. 2023
And the worst way to keep a secret is to tell your kids.
—Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
Shoot, a prospect’s ability to keep a secret should factor into the grade, too.
—Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
Shoot, a prospect’s ability to keep a secret should factor into the grade, too.
—Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
What use could health care have for someone who makes things up, can’t keep a secret, doesn’t really know anything, and, when speaking, simply fills in the next word based on what’s come before?
—Darius Tahir, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
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
Apparently, people in Hollywood actually can keep a secret.
—Glamour, 15 Oct. 2023
Still, obstacles remain — not least because of questions about the U.S.’s own ability to keep a secret.
—Time, 5 Oct. 2023
And the worst way to keep a secret is to tell your kids.
—Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
Shoot, a prospect’s ability to keep a secret should factor into the grade, too.
—Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
Shoot, a prospect’s ability to keep a secret should factor into the grade, too.
—Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
What use could health care have for someone who makes things up, can’t keep a secret, doesn’t really know anything, and, when speaking, simply fills in the next word based on what’s come before?
—Darius Tahir, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
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