keep one's nose clean (English, verb)
expansion: keep one's nose clean (third-person singular simple present keeps one's nose clean, present participle keeping one's nose clean, simple past and past participle kept one's nose clean)
Senses:
glosses: To stay out of trouble, especially by avoiding unlawful behavior.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: keeps one's nose clean
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: keeping one's nose clean
tags: participle
present
form: kept one's nose clean
tags: participle
past
form: kept one's nose clean
tags: past