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
- 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
- beard
- burke
- burrow
- bury
- cache
- camouflage
- cloak
- conceal
- couch
- cover
- cover up
- dissemble
- ditch
- duck
- ensconce
- enshroud
- harbor
- hole up
- keep dark
- keep secret
- lie low
- lurk
- mask
- masquerade
- obscure
- plant
- put in a hole
- screen
- secrete
- shelter
- sit on
- skulk
- slink
- smother
- sneak
- squash
- stash
- stay out of sight
- stifle
- stow
- suppress
- tuck away
- veil
- wrap
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