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To keep dark. To lie perdu; to lurk in concealment. (Ang.-Sax. deorc.)
“Weʹd get away to some of the far-out stations … . where we could keep in the dark.”—Boldrewood: Robbery Under Arms, xvi.
Keep it in the dark. Keep it a dead secret; donʹt enlighten anyone about the matter.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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