take the Fifth Amendment

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take the Fifth Amendment - 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

declare - state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"

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