"keep the peace" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-keep the peace.ogg Forms: keeps the peace [present, singular, third-person], keeping the peace [participle, present], kept the peace [participle, past], kept the peace [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> the peace}} 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. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Peace Related terms: peacekeeper, keep one's peace Translations (maintain order): εἰρήνην σῴζειν (eirḗnēn sṓizein) (Ancient Greek), 維護治安 /维护治安 (wéihù zhì'ān) (Chinese Mandarin), vrede bewaren (Dutch), orde bewaren (Dutch), säilyttää rauha (Finnish), ylläpitää rauhaa (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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