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idiomhold your peaceto keep quiet and say nothing:Mr Beebe had some doubts about the quality of the novel, but he held his peace.
hold (one's) peaceTo 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. hold your peace remain silent about something.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. |