Usually means: Refrain from speaking, hold back.
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  1. bite one's tongue: Merriam-Webster
  2. bite one's tongue: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bite one's tongue: Wiktionary
  4. bite one's tongue, bite ones tongue: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (bite one's tongue)

verb:  (idiomatic) To resist the urge to speak out, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute.


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