keep quiet about

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to say nothing about sth; to keep sth secret

   and then blackmailed me into keeping quiet about the whole thing!

In the movies · 2

• For keeping quiet about recent incidents, which never occurred.Sonic the Hedgehog2020
• and then blackmailed me into keeping quiet about the whole thing!Paths of Glory1957
• To keep you quiet about where you d been and what you d seenEyes Wide Shut1999
• Keep quiet! You babbling about dead people walking away!Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein1948

Learn it in full scenes

• Paths of Glory1957
  • Broulard Pitches the Anthill Offensive
  • Broulard Visits Dax at the Front
  • Mireau Orders Dax to Take the Anthill

From the same entry

• on the quiet

More idioms

• keep your options open
• kill time
• lay a finger on
• lose your cool
• not far off
• play by the rules
• pull the wool over eyes
• put the record straight
• roll up your sleeves
• sooner rather than later
• take a shine to
• you could have fooled me