To stop speaking or making noise.
1Under many circumstances it is not difficult to hold one's tongue.
2It is a very good thing to be able to hold one's tongue!
3In times like these, one must hold one's tongue.
4If one could always hold one's tongue as to what one sees, one would be the better for it.
5When one has talked to one's self for a great many years it is hard to hold one's tongue in public.
6"That's of course, mamma," said Camilla; "but yet one can't hold one's tongue altogether.
7"Well, well," the other broke off impatiently; "no doubt it is better to hold one's tongue.