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Definition 2024

keep_someone_in_the_dark

keep someone in the dark

English

Verb

keep someone in the dark

(idiomatic) To deliberately not tell someone details about something

Antonyms

keep someone in the loop

Translations

to keep someone uninformed

Arabic:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蒙在鼓裡 (zh), 蒙在鼓里 (zh) ‎(méng zài gǔ lǐ) (lit. "be kept in a drum", used as a passive construction)
Czech:
Dutch: in het ongewete laten
Finnish: pitää (fi) joku (fi) pimennossa (fi)
French: laisser quelqu'un pour compte
German: jemanden im Ungewissen lassen

Hungarian: eltitkol (hu)
Italian: tenere all'oscuro
Japanese: 秘密にしておく ‎(himitsu ni shite oku)
Portuguese: manter no escuro
Russian: держа́ть в неве́дении impf ‎(deržátʹ v nevédenii)
Spanish: ocultar (es)
Swedish:
Vietnamese: