tight lips
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Noun
tight lips pl (plural only)
- (idiomatic) Of a person, silence or reticence.
- 1921, Rafael Sabatini, chapter II, in Scaramouche:
- After M. de Kercadiou came M. de Vilmorin, very pale and self-contained, with tight lips and an overcast brow.
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Related terms
- tight-lipped