keep under control; keep in check; suppress a smile; Keep your temper; keep your cool

[ Syn: keep , keep back , hold back ]

place limits on (extent or access); restrict the use of this parking lot; limit the time you can spend with your friends

[ Syn: restrict , trammel , limit , bound , confine , throttle ]

to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; 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

[ Syn: confine , hold ]

hold back

[ Syn: encumber , cumber , constrain ]

to compel or deter by or as if by threats

[ Syn: intimidate ]