KEEP YOUR NOSE CLEAN

Meaning of KEEP YOUR NOSE CLEAN in English

( informal ) to avoid doing anything wrong or illegal :

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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

KEEP YOUR NOSE CLEAN — See ↑ BEHAVE 2
Longman Activator English vocab
KEEP YOUR NOSE CLEAN — stay out of trouble, toe the line Keep your nose clean, and you'll get out of prison sooner.
English Idioms vocab
KEEP YOUR NOSE CLEAN — stay out of trouble, toe the line Keep your nose clean, and you'll get out of prison sooner.
English Idioms vocabulary
YOUR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
YOUR — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower (used as gen. of gē you); akin to Old High German iuwēr …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOSE — I. ˈnōz noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nosu; akin to Old English nasu nose, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
YOUR — /yoor, yawr, yohr/ ; unstressed /yeuhr/ , pron. 1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOSE — — noseless , adj. — noselike , adj. /nohz/ , n. , v. , nosed, nosing . n. 1. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEP — — keepable , adj. — keepability , n. /keep/ , v. , kept, keeping , n. v.t. 1. to hold …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLEAN — — cleanness , n. /kleen/ , adj., cleaner, cleanest , adv., cleaner, cleanest , v. adj. 1. free from dirt; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOSE — I. ˈnōz noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nosu; akin to Old High German nasa nose, Latin nasus Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEEP — I. ˈkēp verb ( kept ˈkept ; keep·ing ) Etymology: Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan; perhaps akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLEAN — I. ˈklēn adjective Etymology: Middle English clene, from Old English clǣne; akin to Old High German kleini delicate, dainty Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YOUR — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower; akin to Old English ēow you — more at you Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOSE — noun the power of smelling; hence, scent. 2. nose ·vi to pry officiously into what does not concern one. 3. …
Webster English vocab
KEEP — vt to have habitually in stock for sale. 2. keep ·noun that which is kept in charge; a charge. 3. …
Webster English vocab
CLEAN — superl free from ceremonial defilement. 2. clean ·superl free from moral defilement; sinless; pure. 3. clean ·superl free from dirt …
Webster English vocab
NOSE — [nose] n [ME, fr. OE nosu; akin to OHG nasa nose, L nasus] (bef. 12c) 1 a: the part of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KEEP — [keep] vb kept ; keep.ing [ME kepen, fr. OE cepan; perh. akin to OHG chapfen to look] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLEAN — [clean] adj [ME clene, fr. OE claene; akin to OHG kleini delicate, dainty] (bef. 12c) 1 a: free from dirt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
YOUR — / jɔː(r); NAmE jʊr weak form jə(r)/ determiner (the possessive form of you ) 1. of or belonging to the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOSE — / nəʊz; NAmE noʊz/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] the part of the face that sticks …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — / kiːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( kept , kept / kept; NAmE /) STAY 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEAN
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YOUR — your S1 W1 /jə; strong jɔː $ jər strong jɔːr/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘you’] [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOSE — I. nose 1 S2 W2 /nəʊz $ noʊz/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nosu ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KEEP — I. keep 1 S1 W1 /kiːp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle kept /kept/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLEAN
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOSE — n. & v. --n. 1 an organ above the mouth on the face or head of a human or animal, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KEEP
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLEAN — adj., adv., v., & n. --adj. 1 (often foll. by of) free from dirt or contaminating matter, unsoiled. 2 clear; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NOSE — n. & v. n. 1 an organ above the mouth on the face or head of a human or animal, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KEEP
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLEAN — adj., adv., v., & n. adj. 1 (often foll. by of) free from dirt or contaminating matter, unsoiled. 2 clear; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NOSE — n. & v. --n. 1. an organ above the mouth on the face or head of a human or animal, …
Oxford English vocab
KEEP
Oxford English vocab
CLEAN — adj., adv., v., & n. --adj. 1. (often foll. by of) free from dirt or contaminating matter, unsoiled. 2 clear; …
Oxford English vocab
YOUR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Your' is the second person possessive …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOSE — ( noses, nosing, nosed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your nose …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — ( keeps, keeping, kept) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEAN — ( cleaner, cleanest, cleans, cleaning, cleaned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOSE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLEAN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
YOUR — [determiner]Your means of or belonging to people generally.Garlic is good for your blood.Of course you want the best for your …
Cambridge English vocab
KEEP — (STAY) [verb] [past:] kept - to (cause to) stay in a particular place or conditionI wish you'd keep quiet. [L …
Cambridge English vocab
CLEAN — (NO ROUGH EDGES) [adjective] -er, -est - having no rough edges; smooth; straight; evenWhat he liked about the car was …
Cambridge English vocab
NOSE — (BODY PART), [slang] snout [noun] [C] - the part of the face that sticks out above the mouth through which …
Cambridge English vocab
KEEP
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NOSE — See: COUNT HEADS or COUNT NOSES, CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE, FOLLOW ONE'S NOSE, GO INTO A …
Slang English vocab
NOSE — As plain as the nose on your face; evidently to be seen. He is led by the nose; he is …
Slang English vocab
KEEP — INDEX: to keep/continue to have 1. to keep something and not sell it or give or throw it away 2. …
Longman Activator English vocab
CLEAN — INDEX: 1. not dirty 2. completely clean so that diseases cannot spread 3. when you keep things clean to prevent …
Longman Activator English vocab
NOSE — n. 25B6; noun a punch on the nose : snout, muzzle, proboscis, trunk; informal beak, conk, snoot, schnozzle, hooter, sniffer. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEP
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLEAN — n. 25B6; adjective keep the wound clean : WASHED, scrubbed, cleansed, cleaned; spotless, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied, unblemished, immaculate, pristine, dirt-free, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLEAN — < language > A lazy higher-order purely functional language from the University of Nijmegen . Clean was originally a subset …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
KEEP — v. 1 retain, hold, hang on to, preserve, conserve, have, save, maintain, control The difficulty is not in making money …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CLEAN — adj. 1 pure, undefiled, unsullied, unmixed, unadulterated, uncontaminated, unpolluted, uninfected, unspoiled or unspoilt, sanitary, disinfected; antiseptic, decontaminated, purified, sterile The …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
NOSE — See: COUNT HEADS or COUNT NOSES, CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE, FOLLOW ONE'S NOSE, GO INTO A …
Словарь английских идиом
NOSE — 1. сущ. 1) а) нос to pick one's nose ≈ ковырять в носу to speak through one's nose ≈ гнусавить, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KEEP — 1. гл. 1) держать, не отдавать You may keep the book for a month. ≈ Можете держать эту книгу месяц. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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