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To keep the peace

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(Law)

to avoid or to prevent a breach of the peace.

See also: Keep

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at peace
bind over
Burghbrech
Greencloth
military operation
peace

peacekeeping
peacekeeping mission
peacekeeping operation
To bind over
To swear the peace against one

And you must understand, the young upstarts are present all the while, and I have to keep the peace between them.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

And then father was arrested for attempted assault, fined in the police court, and bound over to keep the peace.

The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context

Penguillium, I command the peace—I order you to keep the peace.

The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

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