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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Keep One's Own Counsel (To). To be reticent of one's own affairs or plans. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concealment | Keep a secret, keep one's own counsel; hold one's tongue; (silence); make no sign, not let it go further; not breathe a word, not breathe a syllable about; not let the right hand know what the left is doing; hide one's light under a bushel, bury one's talent in a napkin. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "KEEP ONE'S OWN COUNSEL": To keep one's own counsel. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "KEEP ONE'S OWN COUNSEL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hungarian | titokban tartja szándékát (to keep one's own counsel), nem beszél terveiről (to keep one's own counsel). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | eepkay one'say ownay ounselcay ţine ceva secret (keep smth. dark). (various references) | ||||||||||
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