Idiom
keep a lid on
Meaning
To keep something secret.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please keep a lid on this until I finish the project.”
“The company asked the employees to keep a lid on the merger news until the official announcement.”
“Despite the mounting pressure from the press, the administration struggled to keep a lid on the details of the ongoing investigation.”
Examples
simple
“Please keep a lid on this until I finish the project.”
contextual
“The company asked the employees to keep a lid on the merger news until the official announcement.”
complex
“Despite the mounting pressure from the press, the administration struggled to keep a lid on the details of the ongoing investigation.”
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