He needed men out there all the time, just to keep the lid on things.

Not if she wanted to keep the lid on this thing a moment longer.

I know how you must feel about him, but keep a lid on it.

You know the department has just been trying to keep a lid on him until it's over.

I just want to keep a lid on all of this until I'm certain.

He said it's best just to keep the lid on it.

Police officers know how to keep the lid on things.

At the moment all we're doing is keeping the lid on a still a pretty serious problem.

We've got our men down there trying to keep a lid on things, but I knew you'd want to deal with it yourself.

Those guys are serious about keeping a lid on their own.