keep one's nose clean

[keep one's nose clean] {v. phr.}, {slang} To stay out of trouble; do only what you should do.

* /The boss said Jim could have the job as long as he kept his nose clean and worked hard./

* /The policeman warned the boys to keep their noses clean unless they wanted to go to jail./

Compare: STEER CLEAR OF(2).

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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