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Definition of Keep to oneself
1. Verb. Shun the company of others. "The new student keeps to herself"
2. Verb. Withhold information. "I kept your little secret to myself all these years"
Definition of Keep to oneself
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To purposely avoid interaction with others. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To refrain from telling or otherwise expressing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keep To Oneself
Literary usage of Keep to oneself
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A German and English Dictionary by Karl. Breul (1906)
"... to maintain one's point, to gain one's cause ; für fid) —en, to keep to oneself,
to keep secret ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two Parts ...by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto (1827)
"Re<m-ar para si, to reserve, to keep to oneself. being appointed to hear all
complaints against him,all complainants summoned to appear, and he obliged to ..."
3. A concise Anglo-Saxon dictionary for the use of students by John R. Clark Hall (1916)
"keep to oneself, dissemble, BH,Bo,WW;CP : conceal oneself,remain concealed.
Led :( «Aun, refrain from. ..."
4. Thesaurus of English words and phrases, classified and arranged so as to by Peter Mark Roget (1858)
"... hush up, keep back ; keep snug or close, &c., stifle, smother, slur over,
bury, withhold. . Phr. To draw or close the curtain, to keep to oneself. ..."
5. A Dictionary, Gujarátí and English by Shápurjí Edaljí (1868)
"tu reserve, keep to oneself ; not to disclose, lay open, divulge, reveal, unseal (a
secret &c.) ; to make a secret of. •t^H a. Hidden, concealed, secret ..."
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