bite one's lip (English, verb)
expansion: bite one's lip (third-person singular simple present bites one's lip, present participle biting one's lip, simple past bit one's lip, past participle bitten one's lip)
Senses:
glosses: To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: bites one's lip
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: biting one's lip
tags: participle
present
form: bit one's lip
tags: past
form: bitten one's lip
tags: participle
past