save one's breath
hold one's peace
save one's breath to cool one's porridge
sing small
clam up
pipe down
open one's big mouth
nonspeak
unspeakingly
obmutescence
shut one's face
gag
discretion is the better part of valour
shut one's trap
overquietness
shut one's gob
shut one's mouth
play dumb
keep mum
put a sock in it
hypophonia
tongueless
mumchance
mutely
underspeak
silence
belt up
button up
be quiet
impulsive speech
shut up
close up
mussitation
button one's lip
dummy up
zip one's lip
blah blah blah
quiet
tongue-tie
shush
yabble
unshushable
find one's tongue
whist
er
let me see
bite one's tongue
dumbly
sleepy
mute
unspeaking
bite one's lip
button it
wheesh
obmutescent
keep quiet
flap one's gums
silenced
swallow one's words
shushy
go in one ear and out the other
nonvocal
put a lid on it
mind one's language
whisper
mutedly
con sordino
white noise
fall silent
unshouting
indoor voice
hush
quieten
duckspeak
lose one's tongue
blah
mouth
choops
unmincing
overquiet
spit it out
voices off
natter
crickets
silently
autospeak
unsounding
hush down
hush up
tongue-tied
strike dumb

English words for 'To refrain from speech; to be quiet, especially where it would have no useful effect to speak.'

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