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keep a lid on

verb

Definitions

  1. To keep something secret.

    • It's supposed to be a surprise, so try to keep a lid on it, will you?
    • If he was listening to the England fans who gathered and sang non-stop late into the Moscow night behind the goal in the Spartak Stadium, it may have dawned on him that keeping a lid on expectations is likely to be a losing battle.

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