Complete Definition of "tight lips"

English

Noun
en-noun|pluralia tantum

#idiomatic Of a person, silence or reticence.

Quotations
1921 � w:Rafael Sabatini|Rafael Sabatini, s:Scaramouche|Scaramouche, ch II
:After M. de Kercadiou came M. de Vilmorin, very pale and self-contained, with tight lips and an overcast brow.

Related terms
tight-lipped

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