Idiom
take to the grave
Meaning
To never reveal (a secret).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I will take this secret to the grave.”
“He promised his friend he would take the truth about the accident to the grave.”
“Despite the intense pressure from the investigators, the old man remained silent, vowing to take the location of the hidden documents to the grave.”
Examples
simple
“I will take this secret to the grave.”
contextual
“He promised his friend he would take the truth about the accident to the grave.”
complex
“Despite the intense pressure from the investigators, the old man remained silent, vowing to take the location of the hidden documents to the grave.”
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