Usually means: Maintain order and prevent conflict.
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  1. keep the peace: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. keep the peace: Collins English Dictionary
  3. keep the peace: Wiktionary
  4. keep the peace: Dictionary.com
  5. keep the peace: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. keep the peace: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. keep the peace: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. keep the peace: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (keep the peace)

verb:  (idiomatic) To maintain order and peace in a volatile situation.

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