Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hold one's peace

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables: hold one's -peace
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To refrain from speaking; to be silent.

Example Sentences

"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."
"I was dumb with silence, I held my peace"
"Ne'er hold my peace, and ne'er stand still: I fart with twenty ladies by; They call me beast; and what care I?"
"[U]nless he can give better arguments than he has given to show the truth of his observations, it would be well for him to hold his peace."
"Washington was still waiting last week for Franklin Roosevelt to say or do something about Sit-Down. . . . But if he held his peace on one topic, he spoke out boldly on another."
"Supermarket suppliers with a grievance have been urged to speak up soon or forever hold their peace."

Inflected Forms

holds one's peace (present, singular) holding one's peace (participle, present) held one's peace (participle, past) held one's peace (past) keep one's peace (alternative)

Phrases

speak now or forever hold your peace

Questions

What does hold one's peace mean?: To refrain from speaking; to be silent.

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