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holds one's peace

holds one's peace is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hold one's peace.

Meaning of hold one's peace

Verb

hold one's peace (third-person singular simple present holds one's peace, present participle holding one's peace, simple past and past participle held one's peace)

  1. (idiomatic) 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.c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Holds one's peace is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hold one's peace.

Words near holds one's peace in the dictionary

  1. holds one's liquor
  2. holds one's nerve
  3. holds one's nose
  4. holds one's nose up
  5. holds one's own
  6. holds one's peace
  7. holds one's pee
  8. holds one's piss
  9. holds one's tongue
  10. holds one's water
  11. holds oneself together

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