"bite one's lip" meaning in English

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  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "Buckingham bit his lip, for he saw the introduction of Lady Derby was likely to confuse and embroil every preparation which he had arranged for his defence; […]",
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          "ref": "1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “(please specify the page)”, in Tales of the Jazz Age, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:",
          "text": "He broke off and bit his lip, feeling that he had better subdue the rising anger in his voice.",
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        "To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute."
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        "(idiomatic) To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bite one's tongue"
        }
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        "To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute."
      ],
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