stay quiet
Keep your peace
Stay quiet means to remain silent or refrain from speaking.
It can be a simple request for silence: Stay quiet during the movie.
More often it carries an element of concealment—keeping information secret or avoiding drawing attention: The company paid her to stay quiet about the harassment.
To stay quiet about something is to not reveal it.
- hushAbsence of sound
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- shushCommand for silence
- zip itCommand to stop speaking
- muteWithout voice or sound
keep it down · whisper · stillness · speechless · mum · keep mum · tight-lipped · not a word · secretive · restrain · bite tongue · hold your tongue · hold back · suppress · muffle · stifle · calm · serene
stay quietspeak up
Talk louder or opine
speak out · stand up · protest · object · assert oneself
stay quiettell all
Reveal all secrets
spill the beans · disclose · come forward · expose · confess
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