hold one's tongue
Example Sentences
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At least this once, one could hold one's tongue.
From Time Magazine Archive
And then, seeing these things, people want a—well, better hold one's tongue!
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
Under many circumstances it is not difficult to hold one's tongue.
From How to Study and Teaching How to Study by McMurry, Frank M. (Frank Morton)
V. be silent &c. adj.; keep silence, keep mum; hold one's tongue, hold one's peace, hold one's jaw; not speak. &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
But it seemed fatally easy to hold one's tongue.
From Under False Pretences A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
