Idiom
keep it in the family
Meaning
To restrict knowledge or information to only the members of a family or another small, intimate group.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“They decided to keep it in the family and not tell anyone else.”
“The owners want to keep it in the family, so they are only offering the job to their children.”
“Rather than seeking outside investors for the struggling business, the founders chose to keep it in the family to maintain total control over their legacy.”
Examples
simple
“They decided to keep it in the family and not tell anyone else.”
contextual
“The owners want to keep it in the family, so they are only offering the job to their children.”
complex
“Rather than seeking outside investors for the struggling business, the founders chose to keep it in the family to maintain total control over their legacy.”
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