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close-lipped

[ klohs-lipt ]

adjective

  1. not talking or telling much.


close-lipped

/ ˌkləʊsˈmaʊðd; -ˈmaʊθt; ˌkləʊsˈlɪpt /

adjective

  1. not talking or revealing much
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The White House was also being close-lipped about any negotiations.

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Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia is the lone Democrat who has publicly sided with Republicans, though other potential Democratic defectors remain undecided or close-lipped.

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Since her arrest on 6 July 2021, she has remained close-lipped about the whole time period.

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Yet Republicans are close-lipped when it comes to unnecessary deaths from the coronavirus.

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Sometimes I make excuses not to go, though more often I sit through the allotted 45 minutes my father’s free account grants, and stare at the four glowing boxes of my family members with my close-lipped smile.

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