tight lips en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Of a person, silence or reticence.
After M. de Kercadiou came M. de Vilmorin, very pale and self-contained, with tight lips and an overcast brow.
1921, Rafael Sabatini, chapter II, in Scaramouche: