tight-lipped

Language: en

Meaning: (literal)Having thelipspressed tightly together, hence, not speaking.1922,Rafael Sabatini,Captain Blood: His Odyssy, chapter XXV:He would have sprung upon Captain Blood, who stood aloof, alert,tight-lipped, and watchful.1936,F.J. Thwaites, chapter XV, inThe Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published1940, page162:Gaining the dak, they were joined on the veranda by fourtight-lippedmen.; (idiomatic)Unwilling todivulgeinformation.2022May 4, “Network News: RAIB looking into emergency brake application of train at Peterborough”, inRAIL, number956, page12:The open access operator has remainedtight-lippedover what may have caused the driver to suddenly apply the brake, but stressed that safety was its priority.

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