keep the peace

English

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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.

Related terms

• peacekeeper

Translations

maintain order

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 維護治安／维护治安 (wéihù zhì'ān)

• Dutch: vrede bewaren, orde bewaren
• Finnish: säilyttää rauha, ylläpitää rauhaa
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: εἰρήνην σῴζειν (eirḗnēn sṓizein)

See also

• keep one's peace