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Verb: take the Fifth
  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
    - take the Fifth Amendment

Derived forms: takes the Fifth, took the Fifth, taking the Fifth

Type of: declare, pronounce

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take sides
take stage
take stock
take ten
take the air
take the bull by the horns
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take the count
take the field
take the Fifth
take the Fifth Amendment
take the floor
take the Mickey
take the piss
take the road
take the stage
take the stand
take the veil
take time by the forelock
take time off