keep mum
bosom, classify, conceal, hold out on, keep back, keep from, keep quiet, play dumb, secrete, shut up, tongue, veil, withhold ,
sporting man - adventurer, better, cardsharp, gambler, piker, player, plunger, sharp, sharper, speculator, sport, sportsman, tipster, tout
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compare - admit of comparison, analogize, ape, appear like, approach, approximate, assimilate, associate, balance, be commensurable, be comparable, be like, be redolent of, bear resemblance, bracket,
not approach - fail, fall short, follow, not compare, serve, want ,
amour - adulterous affair, adultery, affair, amorousness, cuckoldry, entanglement, eternal triangle, flirtation, forbidden love, hanky-panky, illicit love, infidelity, intimacy, intrigue, liaison,
squirmy - anxious, breathless, chafing, eager, edgy, excited, fretful, fretting, hasty, hopped-up, impatient, impetuous, in a lather, in a stew, in a sweat,
deals - connections, deal, game, intrigue, lobbying, ploy, scheme, strings ,
long rope - blank check, carte blanche, clearance, elbowroom, field, free hand, full scope, full swing, latitude, leeway, margin, play, range, room, rope,
mistral - east wind, easterly, north wind, northeaster, northwester, south wind, southeaster, souther, southerly buster, southwester, west wind, westerly ,
flowering - accomplishment, advance, advancement, amplification, balmy, bloom, blooming, blossom, blossoming, blow, blowing, booming, budding, burgeoning, clear,
make merry with - banter, deride, laugh at, make fun of, pan, pillory, point at, rag, ride, ridicule, roast, snicker at, trick ,
compare - admit of comparison, analogize, ape, appear like, approach, approximate, assimilate, associate, balance, be commensurable, be comparable, be like, be redolent of, bear resemblance, bracket,
not approach - fail, fall short, follow, not compare, serve, want ,
amour - adulterous affair, adultery, affair, amorousness, cuckoldry, entanglement, eternal triangle, flirtation, forbidden love, hanky-panky, illicit love, infidelity, intimacy, intrigue, liaison,
squirmy - anxious, breathless, chafing, eager, edgy, excited, fretful, fretting, hasty, hopped-up, impatient, impetuous, in a lather, in a stew, in a sweat,
deals - connections, deal, game, intrigue, lobbying, ploy, scheme, strings ,
long rope - blank check, carte blanche, clearance, elbowroom, field, free hand, full scope, full swing, latitude, leeway, margin, play, range, room, rope,
mistral - east wind, easterly, north wind, northeaster, northwester, south wind, southeaster, souther, southerly buster, southwester, west wind, westerly ,
flowering - accomplishment, advance, advancement, amplification, balmy, bloom, blooming, blossom, blossoming, blow, blowing, booming, budding, burgeoning, clear,
make merry with - banter, deride, laugh at, make fun of, pan, pillory, point at, rag, ride, ridicule, roast, snicker at, trick ,