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English to English verb
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keep under control; keep in check |  | Example: suppress a smile
Keep your temper
keep your cool
source: wordnet30
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place limits on (extent or access) | | Example: restrict the use of this parking lot
limit the time you can spend with your friends
source: wordnet30
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to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement | | Example: This holds the local until the express passengers change trains
About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade
The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center
The terrorists held the journalists for ransom
source: wordnet30
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hold back | | source: wordnet30
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to compel or deter by or as if by threats | | source: wordnet30
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To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb. | | source: webster1913
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