Idiom
wall of silence
Meaning
Strict secretiveness maintained by the members of a group with respect to information which might be contrary to their interests, especially information concerning questionable actions by members of the group.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The team met a wall of silence when they asked about the missing money.”
“Despite the police investigation into the accident, the witnesses maintained a wall of silence to protect their friend.”
“The internal inquiry into the company's financial misconduct quickly stalled as executives erected a wall of silence to prevent any incriminating information from reaching the public.”
Examples
simple
“The team met a wall of silence when they asked about the missing money.”
contextual
“Despite the police investigation into the accident, the witnesses maintained a wall of silence to protect their friend.”
complex
“The internal inquiry into the company's financial misconduct quickly stalled as executives erected a wall of silence to prevent any incriminating information from reaching the public.”
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