keep the peace

English

Verb

keep the peace (third-person singular simple present keeps the peace, present participle keeping the peace, simple past and past participle kept the peace)

  1. (idiomatic) To maintain order and peace in a volatile situation.
    The police were called in to keep the peace during the political demonstration.

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