"keep one's nose clean" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-keep one's nose clean.ogg Forms: keeps one's nose clean [present, singular, third-person], keeping one's nose clean [participle, present], kept one's nose clean [participle, past], kept one's nose clean [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> one's nose clean}} keep one's nose clean (third-person singular simple present keeps one's nose clean, present participle keeping one's nose clean, simple past and past participle kept one's nose clean)
  1. (idiomatic) To stay out of trouble, especially by avoiding unlawful behavior. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-keep_one's_nose_clean-en-verb-5NQ~TZm8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1947, American Correctional Association, American Journal of Correction, page 6:",
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          "ref": "2008 November 5, Nathan Thornburgh, “Ted Stevens Sins, and (Likely) Wins”, in Time, retrieved 2013-08-25:",
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