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keep the lid on something

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  • keep the lid on —    If you keep the lid on something, you hide it or control it to prevent people from finding out about it.     The company tried to keep a lid on the negotiations but word got out to the press …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • keep the lid on something — …   Useful english dictionary

  • keep a lid on —    If you keep the lid on something, you hide it or control it to prevent people from finding out about it.     The company tried to keep a lid on the negotiations but word got out to the press …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • keep a lid on — keep a (or the) lid on informal keep (an emotion or process) from going out of control she was no longer able to keep the lid on her simmering anger ■ keep secret she keeps a very tight lid on her own private life * * * keep a lid on 1 : to keep… …   Useful english dictionary

  • lid — [lıd] n ↑lid ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(cover)¦ 2¦(eye)¦ 3 keep a/the lid on something 4 put a/the lid on something 5 take the lid off something ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: hlid] 1.) ¦(COVER)¦ a cover for the open part of a pot, box, or other container …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • lid — [ lıd ] noun count ** 1. ) a cover for a container: a lid for the casserole dish close/lift/open the lid: She closed the lid of the suitcase. 2. ) the piece of skin that covers your eye when it is closed: EYELID keep/put a lid on something to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • lid */*/ — UK [lɪd] / US noun [countable] Word forms lid : singular lid plural lids 1) a cover for a container a saucepan lid close/lift/open the lid: She closed the lid of the suitcase. 2) the piece of skin that covers your eye when it is closed • keep/put …   English dictionary

  • lid — noun 1 COVER (C) a cover for the open part of a pot, box, or other container: Can you get the lid off this jar for me? | a dustbin lid 2 keep the lid on to control a situation so that it does not become worse: keeping the lid on inflation | She… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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  • The Night Angel Trilogy — The Way of Shadows Shadow s Edge Beyond the Shadows Author Brent Weeks Cover artist Illustrator: Calvin Chu Design: Peter Cotton Country United States …   Wikipedia

  • The Relapse — The Relapse, or, Virtue in Danger is a Restoration comedy from 1696 written by John Vanbrugh. The play is a sequel to Colley Cibber s Love s Last Shift, or, Virtue Rewarded . In Cibber s Love s Last Shift , a free living Restoration rake is… …   Wikipedia

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