Usually means: Remain silent; withhold speaking out.
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  1. keep one's mouth shut: Merriam-Webster
  2. keep one's mouth shut: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. keep one's mouth shut, keep one's mouth shut: Collins English Dictionary
  4. keep one's mouth shut: Vocabulary.com
  5. keep one's mouth shut: Wiktionary
  6. keep one's mouth shut: Dictionary.com
  7. keep one's mouth shut: Rhymezone
  8. keep ones mouth shut: FreeDictionary.org
  9. keep one's mouth shut: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. keep one's mouth shut: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (keep one's mouth shut)

verb:  (idiomatic) To keep a secret; to refrain from speaking indiscreetly or carelessly; broadly, to refrain from speaking altogether.


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