Idiom
pact of silence
Meaning
A tacit agreement not to discuss a certain topic
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The friends made a pact of silence about the broken window.”
“After the accident, the witnesses formed a pact of silence to protect their friend from the police.”
“The conspirators maintained a strict pact of silence, ensuring that the details of their illicit arrangement never reached the public ear.”
Examples
simple
“The friends made a pact of silence about the broken window.”
contextual
“After the accident, the witnesses formed a pact of silence to protect their friend from the police.”
complex
“The conspirators maintained a strict pact of silence, ensuring that the details of their illicit arrangement never reached the public ear.”
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