Talk:under one's hat
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I don't think this merits an entry as under one's hat in the sense of "secret" does not seem to me to occur attestably except in keep under one's hat. DCDuring (talk) 02:15, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
- It could be a redirect. DCDuring (talk) 02:16, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
- Right, Change to redirect. -- · (talk) 07:44, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
- Merriam-Webster has a "keep under one's hat" entry[1]. “under one's hat”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. finds Merriam-Webster.com, Wiktionary and dictionary.com[2], which in its "hat" entry has "under one's hat" item in its Idioms section. I think both under one's hat and keep under one's hat are candidates for the main entry, and the other one could probably be a redirect. The argument that the only verb used with "under one's hat" is "keep" seems to have some force. Keep or redirect to keep under one's hat; do not delete. --Dan Polansky (talk) 20:10, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
- Keep, and add a note that it's most often used with keep. It doesn't seem inconceivable that one would use other verbs--I've definitely heard it used with have. Can't find any durably cited uses of it like that at the moment, but I don't think it hurts to leave the possibility open. --SanctMinimalicen (talk) 13:50, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
- I agree, keep. And I added a cite which uses "have" as the verb rather than keep. We could, however, add a usage note that it is usually used with "have" or "keep". Kiwima (talk) 20:37, 30 September 2018 (UTC)