Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - tight-lipped
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Tight-lipped
tight-lipped
1. If you describe someone as tight-lipped, you mean that they are unwilling to give any information about something. Military officials are still tight-lipped about when or whether their forces will launch a ground offensive. ? forthcoming ADJ: oft ADJ about n/wh 2. Someone who is tight-lipped has their lips pressed tightly together, especially because they are angry or disapproving. He was sitting at the other end of the table, tight-lipped and angry. ADJ
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1.
adjective Date: 1876 1. having the lips closed tight (as in determination) 2. reluctant to speak ; taciturn ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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~ adj 1 unwilling to talk about something (Diplomats are remaining tight-lipped about the negotiations.) 2 with your lips tightly pressed together because you are angry ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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{adj.} A taciturn person; one who doesn't say much. * /The witness was tight-lipped about what she saw for fear of physical retaliation by the mob./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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