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"to put the lid on" in Spanish

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"to put the lid on" in Spanish
to put the lid on{transitive verb}
TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES
cerrar{v.t.} (frasco)
Mr President, the stability pact needs to put the lid on any possibility of an over-flexible budgetary policy.
Señor Presidente, el pacto de estabilidad ha de cerrar las brechas a una política presupuestaria flexible.

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I therefore think that we need to put the lid on this tendency simply to continue in our old ways.
Pienso por tanto que debemos acabar con esta tendencia a seguir como siempre.
to put the lid on to keep it hot
tápalo para que se mantenga caliente
to put the lid on the box
ponle la tapa a la caja
put a lid on it, will you!
¡cállate la boca!
put a lid on it, will you!
¡cierra el pico!
It must be something, since otherwise it would not have acted in this way, i.e. trying to protect its own employees and trying to put the lid on publicity by shutting itself off.
Algo tiene que haber, ya que de no ser así no habría actuado de esta manera, es decir, cerrándose y tratando de proteger a sus empleados y de oscurecer la transparencia.
It must be something, since otherwise it would not have acted in this way, i. e. trying to protect its own employees and trying to put the lid on publicity by shutting itself off.
Algo tiene que haber, ya que de no ser así no habría actuado de esta manera, es decir, cerrándose y tratando de proteger a sus empleados y de oscurecer la transparencia.