"serrer les lèvres" meaning in All languages combined

See serrer les lèvres on Wiktionary

Verb [Français]

IPA: \se.ʁe le lɛvʁ\, \sɛ.ʁe le lɛvʁ\
  1. Tenir sa bouche fermée, dans la volonté de se taire.
    Sense id: fr-serrer_les_lèvres-fr-verb-fKH70bxN Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: zatvoriti gubicu (Croate)
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    "Composé de serrer et de lèvre."
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          "ref": "Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Le Feu follet (1931), Gallimard, 1972",
          "text": "Lui, serra les lèvres, se raidit et enfin souhaita qu’elle demeurât enfermée dans son étroit type de jolie femme, ignorante de cela même qu’elle aimait."
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