hold (one's) peace
hold (one's) peace
To 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.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hold one's peace
to 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.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
hold one's peace
see under hold one's tongue.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
hold your peace
remain silent about something.See also: hold, peace
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
ˌhold 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
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- hold one's peace
- hold peace
- hold your peace
- hold your peace/tongue
- keep
- keep (one's) peace
- anything/nothing/something like that
- anything like that
- anything in it for (one)
- anything