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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

Example Sentences

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I should have liked to have a room for you arranged after my own taste, but I had to keep within bounds.

From The Choice of Life by Leblanc, Georgette

"You only keep within bounds of the law."

From The Awakening The Resurrection by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

"Be as rough as you choose, as long as you keep within bounds."

From Frank Merriwell's Races by Standish, Burt L.

Schomberg was concerned to keep within bounds the enlargement of his eyes, which he seemed to feel growing bigger in his head.

From Victory An Island Tale by Conrad, Joseph

There are some difficulties in the plan, it is true; our beasts might not be easy to keep within bounds.

From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Lever, Charles James

keep within bounds

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