keep the lid on (something)



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keep the lid on (something)

To quash or suppress something; to control something so as to keep it from flourishing, increasing, or succeeding. We need to keep the lid on rumors about the company going bankrupt. We decided to keep the lid on the project as we didn't have enough funds to see it through to the end.
See also: keep, lid, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SusanSOO-zənEnglish
Gopal-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali
JonquilJAHN-kwilEnglish (Rare)
Anatoliah-nah-TO-leeyRussian, Ukrainian
Meshullam-Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Maylis-French