Hold your peace!

Hold your peace!
Сохраняй<те> спокойствие!

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  • hold your peace — formal phrase to avoid an argument by remaining silent Thesaurus: ending, solving and avoiding arguments and fightshyponym arguments and arguingsynonym Main entry: peace …   Useful english dictionary

  • hold your peace — formal to avoid an argument by remaining silent …   English dictionary

  • hold one's peace — {v. phr.}, {formal} To be silent and not speak against something; be still; keep quiet. * /I did not agree with the teacher, but held my peace as he was rather angry./ Compare: HOLD ONE S TONGUE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hold one's peace — {v. phr.}, {formal} To be silent and not speak against something; be still; keep quiet. * /I did not agree with the teacher, but held my peace as he was rather angry./ Compare: HOLD ONE S TONGUE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • peace — [ pis ] noun *** 1. ) uncount a situation in which there is no war between countries or groups: peace in: For many years the agreement maintained peace in Europe. peace between: The Camp David agreement brought peace between Israel and Egypt.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • hold — I [[t]ho͟ʊld[/t]] PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORTING, OR CONTAINING ♦ holds, holding, held 1) VERB When you hold something, you carry or support it, using your hands or your arms. [V n prep/adv] Hold the knife at an angle... [V n] She is holding her …   English dictionary

  • Peace Rules — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Peace Rules caption = sire = Jules grandsire = Forty Niner dam = Hold To Fashion damsire = Hold Your Peace sex = Stallion foaled = 2000 country = United States flagicon|USA colour = Chestnut breeder =… …   Wikipedia

  • peace */*/*/ — UK [piːs] / US [pɪs] noun 1) [uncountable] a situation in which there is no war between countries or groups peace in: For many years the agreement maintained peace in Europe. peace between: The Camp David agreement brought peace between Israel… …   English dictionary

  • hold one's peace — be silent and not speak against something, be still Please try and hold your peace during the meeting as it will be to our disadvantage if we have a confrontation …   Idioms and examples

  • peace — W2S2 [pi:s] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(no war)¦ 2¦(no noise/interruptions)¦ 3¦(calm/not worried)¦ 4 make (your) peace with somebody 5 keep the peace 6 hold/keep your peace 7 disturb the peace 8 rest in peace ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Peace — Peace, n. [OE. pees, pais, OF. pais, paiz, pes, F. paix, L. pax, pacis, akin to pacere, paciscere, pacisci, to make an agreement, and prob. also pangere to fasten. Cf. {Appease}, {Fair}, a., {Fay}, v., {Fang}, {Pacify}, {Pact}, {Pay} to requite.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English


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