keep your nose clean

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to avoid doing anything wrong or illegal

   Please make sure that Johnnie keeps his nose clean. It will be done, sir.

In the movies · 1

• Please make sure that Johnnie keeps his nose clean. It will be done, sir.Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
• So keep your nose clean, be a good earner,Donnie Brasco1997
• And if you keep your noses clean, maybe you'll have a fair shot.Spider-Man: No Way Home2021

Learn it in full scenes

• Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
  • Violet Gives Sybbie a French Villa
  • Jack Barber Pitches Filming at Downton
  • Hollywood Comes to Downton

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