- held his tongue
- remained silent, kept still
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
held his tongue
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tongue — [[t]tʌ̱ŋ[/t]] tongues 1) N COUNT: usu poss N Your tongue is the soft movable part inside your mouth which you use for tasting, eating, and speaking. I walked over to the mirror and stuck my tongue out... She ran her tongue around her lips. 2) N… … English dictionary
Held — Hold Hold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Held}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Holding}. {Holden}, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. h[*a]lla, Goth. haldan to feed,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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hold tongue — hold (your) tongue old fashioned to stop talking. George had learned to accept these little insults. He held his tongue … New idioms dictionary
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hold one's tongue — {v. phr.} To be silent; keep still; not talk. May be considered rude. * /The teacher told Fred to hold his tongue./ * /If people would hold their tongues from unkind speech, fewer people would be hurt/ … Dictionary of American idioms
hold one's tongue — {v. phr.} To be silent; keep still; not talk. May be considered rude. * /The teacher told Fred to hold his tongue./ * /If people would hold their tongues from unkind speech, fewer people would be hurt/ … Dictionary of American idioms
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