Take-the-fifth Definition
verb
(idiomatic) 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.
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- take the Fifth Amendment
Origin of Take-the-fifth
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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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