"put a lid on it" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "puts a lid on it",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting a lid on it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put a lid on it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put a lid on it",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "put a lid on it (third-person singular simple present puts a lid on it, present participle putting a lid on it, simple past and past participle put a lid on it)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Oh, put a lid on it already! I heard you the first fourteen times.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be quiet; to shut up; to stop talking about something or making noise."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "quiet",
          "quiet"
        ],
        [
          "shut up",
          "shut up"
        ],
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "noise",
          "noise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, informal, usually imperative) To be quiet; to shut up; to stop talking about something or making noise."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "imperative",
        "informal",
        "usually"
      ]
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  "word": "put a lid on it"
}

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    {
      "form": "puts a lid on it",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting a lid on it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put a lid on it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put a lid on it",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "put<,,put> a lid on it"
      },
      "expansion": "put a lid on it (third-person singular simple present puts a lid on it, present participle putting a lid on it, simple past and past participle put a lid on it)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Oh, put a lid on it already! I heard you the first fourteen times.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be quiet; to shut up; to stop talking about something or making noise."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "quiet",
          "quiet"
        ],
        [
          "shut up",
          "shut up"
        ],
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "noise",
          "noise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, informal, usually imperative) To be quiet; to shut up; to stop talking about something or making noise."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "imperative",
        "informal",
        "usually"
      ]
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