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| buttoned up(verb, adjective, phrasal verb, close) | |
| buttoning up(adjective, quiet, reserved, secret) | |
| clammed up(adjective, close, quiet, soft) | |
| clamming up(adjective, quiet, reserved, secret) | |
| could hear a pin drop(adjective, idiom, close, quiet) | |
| disinclined to communicate | |
| in ambush(restricted, clandestine, underground, discreet) | |
| in chambers(adjective, mysterious, private, reticent) | |
| in privacy(adjective, mysterious, private, reticent) | |
| in the background(adjective, idiom, mysterious, private) | |
| in the dark(adjective, idiom, mysterious, private) | |
| not forthcoming(quiet, shy, silent, tight-lipped) | |
| not saying boo(adjective, idiom, close, quiet) | |
| on the QT(adjective, idiom, dishonest, deceitful) | |
| tight chops(adjective, quiet, reserved, secret) | |
| top secret(clandestine, underground, undisclosed) | |
| under cover(adjective, unknowing, hermetical, unbriefed) | |
| under false pretense(idiom, clandestine, underground, undisclosed) | |
| under the table(adjective, idiom, unknowing, sneaky) | |
| under wraps(dishonest, cunning, deceitful, private) |
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