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to keep schtum
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to decide to remain silent about something, particularly out of fear of making a situation worse
Dialect
British
British
Idiom
Informal
Exemples
It was a secret about which the few involved stayed shtum and about which no one else knew.
Police have appealed for witnesses, but it seems the locals are keeping shtum.
