keep mum

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keep mum

To remain silent; to not say anything (e.g., about a secret). Make sure you kids keep mum in there or you're both grounded! You have to keep mum about Dave's retirement party—we want it to be a surprise.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sloane	SLON	English (Rare)
Fatin (2)	-	Arabic
Dania (2)	-	Arabic
Francisca	frahn-THEES-kah (Spanish), frahn-SEES-kah (Latin American Spanish), frən-SEESH-kə (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
BjØRg	-	Norwegian
Ladislava	-	Czech, Slovak