take the fifth
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself
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Automation
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Variants
- synonym
- take the Fifth Amendment
- alternatephrasing
- take the Fifth
- pasttense
- taked the fifthtook the fifth
- presentparticiple
- taking the fifth
- thirdpersonsingular
- takes the fifth
- pastparticiple
- taked the fifthtaken the fifth