dummying up
Refusing to talk
Dummying up means refusing to talk or share information, keeping silent when questioned: He dummied up when the cops started asking about his whereabouts.
The phrase suggests deliberately playing dumb or becoming uncommunicative.
Less commonly, to dummy up is to create a preliminary version or mockup: We dummied up a prototype for the client meeting.
- rough draftUnpolished first attempt
- reticenceHabitual verbal restraint
- keeping mumStaying deliberately silent
- hushAbsence of sound
- lips sealedPledged to secrecy
evasion · stonewalling · avoidance · non-disclosure · discretion · suppression · misdirection · taciturnity · prototype · test version · deflection · stalling · secrecy · mute · passive resistance · confidentiality · holding back · template
dummying upspeaking up
Voicing your thoughts
talking · opening up · spilling the beans · blabbing · divulging
dummying upconfessing
Admitting to a fault
coming clean · fessing up · singing · ratting out · snitching
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