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disturb the peace

disturb the peace verb: to behave in an inappropriately violent, noisy, or disruptive manner in public.

Verb

disturb the peace (third-person singular simple present disturbs the peace, present participle disturbing the peace, simple past and past participle disturbed the peace)

  1. To behave in an inappropriately violent, noisy, or disruptive manner in public.
    • The bare dozen passengers the station sees in a month do little to disturb the peace.1939 July, “Pertinent Paragraphs: Port Victoria”, in Railway Magazine, page 67

Forms of disturb the peace

third-person singular presentdisturbs the peace
present participledisturbing the peace
past participledisturbed the peace
pastdisturbed the peace

Questions about disturb the peace

What does disturb the peace mean?
Disturb the peace means to behave in an inappropriately violent, noisy, or disruptive manner in public.
What part of speech is disturb the peace?
Disturb the peace is a verb.
What is the past tense of disturb the peace?
The past tense of disturb the peace is disturbed the peace.

Words near disturb the peace in the dictionary

  1. distune
  2. distuned
  3. distunes
  4. distuning
  5. disturb
  6. disturb the peace
  7. disturb'd
  8. disturbability
  9. disturbable
  10. disturbance
  11. disturbance regime

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