Examples of 'kept a lid' in a sentence

Meaning of "kept a lid"

kept a lid: To maintain secrecy or control over a situation

How to use "kept a lid" in a sentence

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kept a lid
And you kept a lid on this because.
Increased imports and port inventories kept a lid on coal prices.
You kept a lid on your grief.
You certainly kept a lid on it.
I have kept a lid on all of this for so long.
I can barely conceive how he kept a lid on it day to day.
That kept a lid on billy's destructive behavior.
Or maybe the self he really is, he kept a lid on till last night.
I'm sure you've kept a lid on things, even with your closest friends.
Wife, manager, someone should have kept a lid on him yesterday.
So we kept a lid on it . We kept the press out.
So Edith was probably the only thing that kept a lid on Billy 's destructive behavior.
You kept a lid on this because … I did not want to seem biased.
Meanwhile, various factors have kept a lid on long-term rates for much of this year.
I kept a lid on the tableau murders, the Mark Gray connection.

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Rafa Benitez has kept a lid on everything… until now.
You kept a lid on your grief . But I guess that does not make it go away.
Rizzoli 's kept a lid on it.
He kept a lid on the give-permission thing, but it was clearly a struggle.
Saddam Hussein, who had kept a lid on Islamic terrorism, was executed.
And you kept a lid on this because… I didn't want to seem biased.
But while Britain kept a lid on unrest, France could not.
I kept a lid on that for about 28 seconds.
Mr Perry 's reign has long kept a lid on anyone else 's ambitions.
And I have kept a lid on it for so long . It 's a real bummer.
Rizzoli 's kept a lid on it . Good.
So we kept a lid on it.
Low interest rates have kept a lid on the number of people facing unmanageable debts.
And I have kept a lid on it for so long.

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