hold your tongue
Example Sentences
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What would you say to that older woman who says, just hold your tongue and don’t assert your humanity in a moment when someone disagrees with you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Do you ever find yourself having to hold your tongue?
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2022
The working theory seems to be that if you can just hold your tongue now, you can someday wield your power honorably.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2020
But if you raise money from investment bankers you don’t want them thinking you’d ever talk about them that way, so you hold your tongue.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2019
He said, ‘Hills or Inlé, it’s all one to me where you go. You hold your tongue.’
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
