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keep within bounds

VERB

restrict

Synonyms

STRONGEST

curb decrease define diminish hamper impede inhibit limit narrow reduce regulate restrain shorten

STRONG

bind bound chain check circumscribe constrict contain contract cramp delimit delimitate demarcate encircle enclose inclose moderate modify qualify shrink surround temper tether tie

WEAK

bottle up come down on cool down demark hang up hem in hold back hold down keep within limits pin down prelimit put away put on ice send up shut in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid allow assist develop encourage enlarge expand extend free grow help increase lengthen raise

STRONG

let go liberate loose loosen open permit release stretch unbind unfasten unloose untie

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Those who doubted the prophetess, would do nothing to keep within bounds the majority who accepted her as a divinity.

From The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. by Milne, James

I don't scold you; I only ask you to keep within bounds.

From The Precipice by Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich

Readiness to obey and command was stamped on every line of his face; but it required all his powers of self-restraint to keep within bounds his delight at getting home again.

From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas

Rome punished him by ordering him to keep within bounds; and threatened, that if he should be found venturing out of bounds, he should be severely punished.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?

Curse it all, Gus, why can you not keep within bounds?

From What Can She Do? by Roe, Edward Payson

keep within bounds

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