hold one's tongue
verb
Roget 585:
be silent
etc.
adj.;
keep silence,
keep mum;
hold one's tongue,
hold one's peace,
hold one's jaw;
not speak.
etc.
582;
say nothing,
keep one's counsel;
seal the lips,
close the lips,
button the lips,
zipper the lips,
put a padlock on the lips,
put a padlock on the mouth;
put a bridle on one's tongue;
bite one's tongue,
keep one's tongue between one's teeth;
make no sign,
not let a word escape one;
keep a secret
etc.
528;
not have a word to say;
hush up,
hush,
lay the finger on the lips,
place the finger on the lips;
render mute
etc.
581.
stick in one's throat.
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Roget 403:
be silent
etc.
adj.;
hold one's tongue
etc.
(not speak)
585.
render silent
etc.
adj.;
silence,
still,
hush;
stifle,
muffle,
stop;
muzzle,
put to silence
etc.
(render mute)
581.
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Roget 528:
conceal,
hide,
secrete,
put out of sight;
lock up,
seal up,
bottle up.
encrypt,
encode,
cipher.
cover,
screen,
cloak,
veil,
shroud;
cover up one's tracks;
screen from sight,
screen from observation;
drawing the veil;
draw the curtain,
close the curtain;
curtain,
shade,
eclipse,
throw a view over;
be cloud,
be mask;
mask,
disguise;
ensconce,
muffle,
smother;
befog;
whisper.
keep from;
keep back,
keep to oneself;
keep snug,
keep close,
keep secret,
keep dark;
bury;
sink,
suppress;
keep from,
keep from out of view,
keep from out of sight;
keep in the shade,
throw into the shade,
throw into background;
stifle,
hush up,
smother,
withhold,
reserve;
fence with a question;
ignore
etc.
460.
keep a secret,
keep one's own counsel;
hold one's tongue
etc.
(silence)
585;
make no sign,
not let it go further;
not breathe a word,
not breathe a syllable about;
not let the right hand know what the left is not let the right hand know what the left is doing;
hide one's light under a bushel,
bury one's talent in a napkin.
keep in the dark,
leave in the dark,
keep in the ignorance;
blind,
blind the eyes;
blindfold,
hoodwink,
mystify;
puzzle
etc.
(render uncertain)
475;
bamboozle
etc.
(deceive)
545.
be concealed
etc.
v.;
suffer an eclipse;
retire from sight,
couch;
hide oneself;
lie hid,
lie in perdu [Fr.],
lie in close;
lie in ambush
(ambush)
530;
seclude oneself
etc.
893;
lurk,
sneak,
skulk,
slink,
prowl;
steal into,
steal out of,
steal by,
steal along;
play at bopeep†,
play at hide and seek;
hide in holes and corners;
still hunt.
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