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kept shtum

kept shtum is the simple past and past participle of keep shtum.

Meaning of keep shtum

Verb

keep shtum (third-person singular simple present keeps shtum, present participle keeping shtum, simple past and past participle kept shtum)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive) To not tell anyone; especially, to keep silent about something that may be sensitive or secret.
    • If I tell you, you have to promise to keep shtum about it.

Questions about kept shtum

What is kept shtum the simple past and past participle of?
Kept shtum is the simple past and past participle of keep shtum.

Words near kept shtum in the dictionary

  1. kept pace
  2. kept quiet
  3. kept rank
  4. kept schtum
  5. kept score
  6. kept shtum
  7. kept sight of
  8. kept someone company
  9. kept someone guessing
  10. kept someone honest
  11. kept someone in the loop

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