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hold your peace/tongue hold (one's) peaceTo stay quiet despite wanting to say something. Just hold your peace if you don't have anything constructive to add. I knew that anything I said would just make her angry, so I decided to hold my peace.See also: hold, peacehold (one's) tongueTo stay quiet despite wanting to say something If you want to say something rude to my girlfriend, please hold your tongue, all right?See also: hold, tonguehold one's peaceto remain silent. Bill was unable to hold his peace any longer. "Don't do it!" he cried. Quiet, John. Hold your peace for a little while longer.See also: hold, peacehold one's tongueFig. to refrain from speaking; to refrain from saying something unpleasant. I felt like scolding her, but I held my tongue. Hold your tongue, John. You can't talk to me that way!See also: hold, tonguehold your tongue If you hold your tongue, you do not speak. Douglas held his tongue, preferring not to speak out on a politically sensitive issue. Note: People sometimes say hold your tongue as an angry way of telling someone to be quiet. `Hold your tongue, woman,' he had warned her furiously.See also: hold, tonguehold your peace remain silent about something.See also: hold, peacehold your tongue remain silent. informalSee also: hold, tongueˌhold your ˈpeace/ˈtongue (old-fashioned) say nothing; remain silent although you would like to give your opinion: We don’t want anyone to know what’s happened, so you’d better hold your tongue — do you understand? ♢ I didn’t want to start another argument, so I held my peace.See also: hold, peace, tongue |