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1
not known or meant to be known by the general populace
- the reporter suspected there was a hush-hush reason why the company agreed to the deal
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2
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
- top-echelon diplomats met in a hush-hush conference in a last-ditch effort to head off an international crisis
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“Hush-hush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hush-hush. Accessed 23 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of hush-hush was in 1916
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