keep+in+check

  • 81keep tabs on — watch or check, keep under observation They have been keeping tabs on the spending of the sales department …

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  • 82keep under — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. suppress, prevent, subdue; see check 2 , restrain 1 , subject …

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  • 83keep tabs on — (Slang) check on …

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  • 84hold something in check — keep/hold/someone/​something in check phrase to control someone or something that might cause damage or harm attempts to hold global warming in check Thesaurus: to limit or control something or someonesynonym Main entry: check * * …

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  • 85hold someone in check — keep/hold/someone/​something in check phrase to control someone or something that might cause damage or harm attempts to hold global warming in check Thesaurus: to limit or control something or someonesynonym Main entry: check …

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  • 86hold in check — keep under control, restrain, constrain, hold back …

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  • 87Boys Keep Swinging — Infobox Single Name = Boys Keep Swinging Caption = Artist = David Bowie from Album = Lodger A side = B side = Fantastic Voyage Released = 27 April 1979 Format = 7 single Recorded = Mountain Studios, Montreux; September 1978; Record Plant Studios …

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  • 88hold something in check — hold/keep (something/someone) in check to keep something or someone under control, usually to stop them becoming too large or too powerful. The natural order of things is that the predators of an animal keep the population in check. The central… …

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  • 89hold someone in check — hold/keep (something/someone) in check to keep something or someone under control, usually to stop them becoming too large or too powerful. The natural order of things is that the predators of an animal keep the population in check. The central… …

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  • 90hold in check — hold/keep (something/someone) in check to keep something or someone under control, usually to stop them becoming too large or too powerful. The natural order of things is that the predators of an animal keep the population in check. The central… …

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