guard one's tongue

verb

Definitions

  1. To be careful in what one says

    To be careful in what one says; to avoid divulging information or speaking in a way considered to be inappropriate or offensive.

    • […] of course it is a little out of character to call upon me to guard my tongue, when it is the privilege of a freeman to speak his mind […]
    • Oh, Howard, Howard, the things you have uttered when you were forgetting to guard your tongue, have betrayed you.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA