keep+secret
11keep one's thumb on — To keep secret • • • Main Entry: ↑thumb …
12keep under wraps — (informal) To keep secret, conceal • • • Main Entry: ↑wrap …
13secret — 1. noun /ˈsiːkɹət/ Knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden. Can you keep a secret? So can I. 2. adjective /ˈsiːkɹət/ Being or kept hidden. We went down a secret passage. Syn …
14keep — 1. verb 1) you should keep all the old forms Syn: retain, hold on to, keep hold of, retain possession of, keep possession of, not part with; save, store, conserve, put aside, set aside; informal hang on to, stash away Ant …
15keep back — Synonyms and related words: abstain, arrest, backpedal, backwater, block, bosom, bottle up, brake, bridle, check, classify, clip the wings, conceal, confine, conserve, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool off, countercheck, curb, curtail, dam… …
16keep from — Synonyms and related words: abstain, abstain from, anticipate, arrest, avert, avoid, bar, bosom, bridle, check, classify, conceal, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool off, curb, curtail, debar, decelerate, deflect, deter, discourage,… …
17keep — v 1. maintain, carry on, continue, stay with, proceed, persist, persevere; hold in abeyance, hold on to, put on a back burner; protract, prolong, sustain; abide, endure, last, be constant, be steadfast, stand, remain in. 2. preserve, maintain,… …
18keep to oneself — verb 1. shun the company of others (Freq. 1) The new student keeps to herself • Verb Frames: Somebody s 2. withhold information I kept your little secret to myself all these years • Hypernyms: ↑withh …
19keep something back — 1 she kept back some of the money: (KEEP IN) RESERVE, put by/aside, set aside; retain, hold back, keep, hold on to, not part with; N. Amer. set by; informal stash away. 2 she kept back the details …
20secret — {{11}} late 14c. (n.), c.1400 (adj.), from L. secretus set apart, withdrawn, hidden, originally pp. of secernere to set apart, from se without, apart, prop. on one s own (from PIE *sed , from root *s(w)e ; see IDIOM (Cf. idiom)) + cernere… …
