Idiom
hold one's tongue
Meaning
To refrain from talking about something.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I had to hold my tongue during the meeting.”
“She wanted to correct her boss, but she decided to hold her tongue to avoid an argument.”
“Although he strongly disagreed with the committee's decision, he chose to hold his tongue rather than cause a public scene.”
Examples
simple
“I had to hold my tongue during the meeting.”
contextual
“She wanted to correct her boss, but she decided to hold her tongue to avoid an argument.”
complex
“Although he strongly disagreed with the committee's decision, he chose to hold his tongue rather than cause a public scene.”
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