"bite one's lip" meaning in English

{
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bite<,,bit,bitten> one's lip"
      },
      "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute."
      ],
      "id": "en-bite_one's_lip-en-verb-y0bfz-s6",
      "links": [
        [
          "forcibly",
          "forcibly"
        ],
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ],
        [
          "speaking",
          "speaking"
        ],
        [
          "inappropriate",
          "inappropriate"
        ],
        [
          "dispute",
          "dispute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bite one's tongue"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "audio": "en-au-bite one's lip.ogg",
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bite one's lip"
}

{
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bite<,,bit,bitten> one's lip"
      },
      "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English predicates",
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        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forcibly",
          "forcibly"
        ],
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ],
        [
          "speaking",
          "speaking"
        ],
        [
          "inappropriate",
          "inappropriate"
        ],
        [
          "dispute",
          "dispute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/En-au-bite_one%27s_lip.ogg/En-au-bite_one%27s_lip.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bite one's tongue"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bite one's lip"
}