put a lid on it

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Verb

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)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, usually imperative) To be quiet; to shut up; to stop talking about something or making noise.
    Oh, put a lid on it already! I heard you the first fourteen times.
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