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hold the ring

To oversee a situation while attempting to remain uninvolved in it.

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  • Probably from keep the ring. In days past when spectators would encircle participants in a prizefight or a performance, people would be employed to maintain order among them and keep them from coming too near the participants.
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Police held the ring during the protests.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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