hold 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.
See also: hold, peace
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.
See also: hold, peace
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

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
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References in periodicals archive
Federal Minister said that present government is taking all important steps to hold peace and accelerate the business activities in the provincial capital of Sindh.
The visit is taking place after Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that certain members of the Taliban were ready to hold peace talks with the government and its peace council.
| ISLAMABAD, Jan 25 (KUNA) -- Pakistan Friday said that it is forming a committee to hold peace talks with Taliban for peace in the country.
This came as Oalestinian and Israeli leaders hold peace talks in Jerusalem.
He stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been "reluctant" to freeze the building of settlements on Palestinian territories in order to "avoid a backlash from his extreme-right allies in the government." As for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Rashid said that he was reluctant to agree to hold peace talks with Israel while the Jewish state continues to build settlements in order to avoid further internal pressure from the Palestinian Islamist faction Hamas.
He referred to Defence Secretary Norberto Gonzales who said earlier that the Philippine government is now opting to hold peace talks with communist leaders in the provinces and not with NDF members who are all living abroad.
Last week, Deuba convened a meeting of nine Nepalese political parties and gave himself the mandate to hold peace talks with the rebels.
The two councils have now agreed to hold peace talks in a bid to resolve the dispute.
The government announced that it is poised to cancel all planned meetings with the communist rebels after President Rodrigo Duterte said he is no longer inclined to hold peace negotiations with them.
Talking to a private news channel, he said that Pakistan armed forces are fighting the war on terrorism to hold peace in the country.
ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met with the four member government committee formed to hold peace talks.
30 ( ANI ): Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's announcement to formulate a four-member committee to hold peace talks with the Pakistan Taliban has attracted mixed reactions from the major political parties in Pakistan.
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that certain members of Taliban were ready to hold peace talks with the government and its peace council.
Summary: Israel's foreign minister said Sunday he would be ready to immediately hold peace talks with Syria, but only without preconditions.
Thousands of people in India and Pakistan, opposed to the nuclear tests conducted recently by the two countries, will hold peace marches on Hiroshima Day Thursday in what is probably going to be the biggest antinuclear protest outside Japan.