Idiom
keep the peace
Meaning
To maintain order and peace in a volatile situation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“They stay quiet to keep the peace.”
“I often agree with my brother during arguments just to keep the peace at home.”
“The mediator worked tirelessly to keep the peace between the two parties, hoping to prevent the fragile agreement from falling apart entirely.”
Examples
simple
“They stay quiet to keep the peace.”
contextual
“I often agree with my brother during arguments just to keep the peace at home.”
complex
“The mediator worked tirelessly to keep the peace between the two parties, hoping to prevent the fragile agreement from falling apart entirely.”
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