hold one's peace
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hold one's peace
verb holds one's peace · holding one's peace · held one's peace · keep one's peace
- To refrain from speaking; to be silent. Thurio: How likes she my discourse? Proteus: Ill, when you talk of war. Thurio: But well, when I discourse of love and peace? Julia: [Aside] But better, indeed, when you hold your peace.
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