KEEP TO ONESELF

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does keep to oneself mean? 

• KEEP TO ONESELF (verb)
  The verb KEEP TO ONESELF has 2 senses:

1. shun the company of others

2. withhold information

  Familiarity information: KEEP TO ONESELF used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KEEP TO ONESELF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shun the company of others

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

The new student keeps to herself

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Withhold information

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

I kept your little secret to myself all these years

Hypernyms (to "keep to oneself" is one way to...):

keep back; withhold (hold back; refuse to hand over or share)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something