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Take the fifth Moderate

Take the fifth has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself

2

To decline to comment, especially on grounds that it might be incriminating.

Broader Terms (hypernyms)
declare
Rhyming Words
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