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keep in check
US /kip ɪn tʃɛk/
・UK /ki:p in tʃek/
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v.t.Transitive VerbTo control or restrain something; to prevent something from increasing or spreading.
The government is trying to keep inflation in check.
phr.PhraseTo maintain control over something; to prevent from increasing or worsening.
Regular exercise helps to keep my weight in check.
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The Story of Citizens United v. FEC (2011)
- corporations were easier to keep in check.
corporations were easier to keep in check.
Check Your Schadenfreude
- whatever happens with his presidency, schadenfreude is a drug that, that we ought to keep in check.
whatever happens with his presidency, schadenfreude is a drug that, that we ought to keep in check.