find one's tongue
verbDefinitions
To speak after being unable to do so or after remaining silent
To speak after being unable to do so or after remaining silent; to find something to say.
- HAVGHTY. Is this the silent woman? CENTAVRE. Nay, shee has found her tongue since shee was married, master TRVE-WIT sayes.
- Jones, tho’ perhaps, the most astonished of the three, first found his Tongue; and […] he burst into a loud Laughter […]
- But I did not answer at once. I stared incredulous. For an instant I could not believe my eyes. I gave an inarticulate cry. I gripped his arm. I pointed. “Look!” I cried, finding my tongue. “There! Yes! And there!”
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for find one's tongue. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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