mum's the word
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mum (“silence”). Recorded since 1704.
Pronunciation
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Phrase
[edit]- (idiomatic) Indicates that something is a secret and not to be divulged.
- She doesn't know anything about it yet, so mum's the word, OK?
- 1879, Anna Katharine Green, The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer's Story, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 256:
- … and that mum is the word till I give you liberty to speak
Translations
[edit]indicates that something is a secret
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