don't breathe a word
Example Sentences
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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
In the meantime, when you go back, don’t breathe a word of having seen me, and on no account let any one persuade you to—sell the outfit.”
From Shoe-Bar Stratton by Gage, George W.
Skip North, absolutely; don't breathe a word of it to him.
From Empire Builders by Hambidge, Jay
For Heaven's sake, dear friend, don't breathe a word to any living soul of what you were clever enough to guess last night!
From Peter Ibbetson by Du Maurier, George
You know––but don’t breathe a word of this!––his mother never was recognized socially in England, and she finally had to give up the fight.
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
