keep your nose clean

keep your nose clean
keep your nose clean phrase
to behave well and not break any rules or laws
Thesaurus: to obey a law or rule, or to accept someone's authoritysynonym obedience and cooperationhyponym
Main entry: nose

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keep your nose clean — see nose, 1
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Main Entry:clean
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keep your nose clean
: to stay out of trouble by behaving well

He is a former criminal who has kept his nose clean since he got out of prison.

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Main Entry:nose

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keep your ˈnose clean idiom
(informal) to avoid doing anything wrong or illegal

Since leaving prison, he's managed to keep his nose clean.

Main entry:noseidiom

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