keep within limits

But it was a subdued agony now, a sore I was somehow able to control and keep within limits.

"Having full access to your buddies' data will support your decisions during the dive to make sure that you keep within limits," he says.

In order to keep within limits, I will confine myself to one case upon which he lays great stress.

Besides this natural desire to pursue careers in which their money may lessen the number of competitors, the rich are often diverted from purely intellectual pursuits by the social duties of their station, duties which it is impossible to avoid and difficult to keep within limits.

He felt that he ought to keep within limits; but I cannot help thinking that they might have been a little closer than he would quite acknowledge.