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lid `noun` [ lɪd ]

• a removable or hinged cover for the top of a container.

• "a dustbin lid"

Similar: cover, top, cap, covering, cork, stopper, bung, plug,

Origin: Old English hlid, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘cover’; related to Dutch lid .

keep a lid on

• keep (an emotion or process) from going out of control.
"she was no longer able to keep the lid on her simmering anger"

lift the lid on

• reveal unwelcome secrets about.
"this psychological thriller lifts the lid on the dark side of our infatuation with celebrity"

put a lid on

• put a stop to.
"it's time to put the lid on all the talk"

put the lid on it

• be the culmination of a series of acts or events that makes a situation unbearable.
"he has been in a lot of pain and this just puts the lid on it"

take the lid off