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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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Never mind what he says—his bark's worse then his bite," Gladys rejoined, "he doesn't really care how many I have so long as they keep within bounds, and I like them!

From The Sorcery Club by O'Donnell, Elliott

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

From The Precipice by Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich

A row in the Fourth! the headquarters of the Limpets, each one of whom was a stronger man than he, and whom Wyndham himself had often been put to it to keep within bounds!

From The Willoughby Captains by Reed, Talbot Baines

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 ?

"Stop, stop, Kitty; you are going too far; you must keep within bounds if you want me to believe you."

From The Lamplighter by Cummins, Maria S.

keep within bounds

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