hold one's jaw

verb

To refrain from talking, to hold one's tongue, to be quiet.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person holds one's jaw · participle present holding one's jaw · participle past held one's jaw · past held one's jaw

  1. idiomaticobsoleteTo refrain from talking, to hold one's tongue, to be quiet.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, jaw.
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