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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 thought you would have more friends than you could keep within bounds," I said, hotly.

From The House by the Lock by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

Fortunately these precautions checked the spread of the disease; but along the cottages at the river-side there was also an epidemic of scarlet fever more difficult to keep within bounds.

From The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II by Wilkins, W. H.

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

From The Precipice by Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich

They keep within bounds because there's a heavy penalty if they don't.

From Burned Bridges by Sinclair, Bertrand W.

And look here, Rupert, do for Heaven's sake pull up and keep within bounds.

From The Rocks of Valpre by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

keep within bounds

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