don't breathe a word
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There you are with your comrades, every month, bold as brass, unapologetically coming to do your disruptive thing to me and my sisters and we don’t breathe a word.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 4, 2019
But till then, don't let this be seen, and don't breathe a word of what I have told you.
From The Rider of Waroona by G. Firth Scott
But remember this: don't breathe a word of it to anyone.
From Swirling Waters by Max Rittenberg
Now don't breathe a word of it to a living soul, or I am a dead boy.
From Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa 1883 by Gean Smith
Now, Tolliver, whatever you do, don't breathe a word about this Bridalbin—don't mention his name to a soul, not even to your grandmother.
From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Joel Chandler Harris
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