keep quiet about something

keep quiet (about something)

To refrain from divulging any information about something. They offered me a ton of money to keep quiet, but I'm still going to testify at the trial. We all agreed to keep quiet about what we found that day.See also: keep, quiet

keep quiet about something

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keep something quiet

say nothing about something; keep something secret: I’ve decided to resign but I’d rather you kept quiet about it.See also: keep, quiet, something