keep one's mouth shut (English, verb)
expansion: keep one's mouth shut (third-person singular simple present keeps one's mouth shut, present participle keeping one's mouth shut, simple past and past participle kept one's mouth shut)
Senses:
glosses: To keep a secret; to refrain from speaking indiscreetly or carelessly; broadly, to refrain from speaking altogether.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: keeps one's mouth shut
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: keeping one's mouth shut
tags: participle
present
form: kept one's mouth shut
tags: participle
past
form: kept one's mouth shut
tags: past