keep one's own counsel
keep one's own counsel · keeps one's own counsel · kept one's own counsel · keeping one's own counsel
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To keep one's own business privateTo keep one's own business private; to be discreet, careful, or circumspect in what one says concerning one's own thoughts, deeds, or situation.
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1 sensesTo keep one's own business private; to be discreet, careful, or circumspect in what one says concerning one's own thoughts, deeds, or situation.
Near-synonyms: keep one's cards close to one's chest, keep it in the family, keep one's mouth shut; see also Thesaurus:be quiet
Examples
1 sentencesKeep your own counsel!
Forms
keeps one's own counsel, keeping one's own counsel, kept one's own counsel, kept one's own counsel| Base form | keep one's own counsel · to keep one's own counsel |
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| 3rd person singular | keeps one's own counsel |
| Present participle | keeping one's own counsel |
| Past simple | kept one's own counsel |
| Past participle | kept one's own counsel |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | keep one's own counsel |
| he, she, it | keeps one's own counsel |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | kept one's own counsel |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have kept one's own counsel |
| he, she, it | has kept one's own counsel |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will keep one's own counsel |
Synonyms
5 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle