Idiom
hold one's jaw
Meaning
To refrain from talking, to hold one's tongue, to be quiet.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You should hold your jaw during the exam.”
“The manager told the team to hold their jaw while the director explained the new policy.”
“Despite his intense desire to challenge the speaker's false claims, he chose to hold his jaw to maintain the professional decorum of the meeting.”
Examples
simple
“You should hold your jaw during the exam.”
contextual
“The manager told the team to hold their jaw while the director explained the new policy.”
complex
“Despite his intense desire to challenge the speaker's false claims, he chose to hold his jaw to maintain the professional decorum of the meeting.”
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