take the fifth
Meaning
Verb
- To decline to comment, especially on grounds that it might be incriminating.
Related
Similar words
Origin
- A reference to the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which states, among other things, that it may not be required of one to testify against oneself.
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