keep/stay out of trouble

idiom

: to behave well : to not do anything bad

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Recent Examples on the Web Traditionally, grizzly mothers in North America tend their offspring for at least two years, teaching them to find food and keep out of trouble before nudging them to live on their own. —

New York Times, 23 July 2021

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