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keep a lid on

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keep a lid on (something)

to maintain control over something His forces kept a lid on unrest for nearly eight years.

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keep a lid on something

to control the level of something in order to stop it increasing Economic difficulties continued and the government intervened to keep a lid on inflation.

See also: keep, lid, on