Antonyms for keep dark


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dahrk
Phonetic Transcription : dɑrk


Definition of keep dark

Origin :
  • early 13c., from dark (adj.). Figurative in the dark "ignorant" first recorded 1670s.
  • As in conceal : verb hide, disguise
  • As in hush up : verb keep secret
Example sentences :
  • He says if I don't pay up he'll let on about something that I'm trying to keep dark.
  • Extract from : « The New Girl at St. Chad's » by Angela Brazil
  • You know something about that Spaniard that you want to keep dark.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • No, we've got to keep dark until I can see what's the matter.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Airship » by Victor Appleton
  • Find me five hundred pounds; and I'll show you the receipt and keep dark.
  • Extract from : « Hard Cash » by Charles Reade
  • "We shall have to keep dark, however, till the deeds are signed," William said.
  • Extract from : « The Squire's Daughter » by Silas K(itto) Hocking
  • "As it is a Shadow Club, we'll keep dark about it," said Kitty.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel at Boarding-School » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • Will you pledge yourself to keep dark about this talk that we've had?
  • Extract from : « Overland » by John William De Forest
  • If you'd been later than five minutes past seven, I was to keep dark.
  • Extract from : « A Court of Inquiry » by Grace S. Richmond
  • You may rely on us to back you up, and to keep dark things you would not like to have mentioned.
  • Extract from : « The Master of the Shell » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • I came to the conclusion that his desire to keep dark was only a whim, for he is the strangest man that ever walked the earth.
  • Extract from : « The Yacht Club » by Oliver Optic

Synonyms for keep dark

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