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Don't speak — otherwise do speech alone (4,4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

hold ones peace

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'don't speak' is the definition.
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'otherwise do speech alone' is the wordplay.
'otherwise' indicates anagramming the letters.
'do'+'speech'+'alone'='dospeechalone'
'dospeechalone' is an anagram of 'HOLD ONES PEACE'.

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(Other definitions for hold ones peace that I've seen before include "Keep silent" , "Keep one's thoughts to oneself" .)

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