Usually means: Refrain from speaking or commenting.
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  1. hold one's tongue: Merriam-Webster
  2. hold one's tongue: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hold one's tongue, hold one's tongue: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hold one's tongue: Wiktionary
  5. hold one's tongue, hold ones tongue: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (hold one's tongue)

verb:  (idiomatic) To refrain from talking about something.


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