take the fifth

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

If you ask me who ate the last of the ice cream, I will simply take the fifth.

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

    التركية النطق

    teyk dhi fîfth

    المترادفات

    plead the fifth

    النطق

    /ˈtāk ᴛʜē ˈfəfᴛʜ/ /ˈteɪk ðiː ˈfɪfθ/

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    () 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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