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Meanings of in check in English

In restraint.

Usage of in check in English
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U.S. jobs data kept the U.S. stock market move in check, however.
Reuters
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A few basic cost control measures will keep the budget in check.
The Irish Times
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Analysts, however, expect slowing economic growth to keep price pressures in check.
Reuters
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Somehow, he held his true power in check, heeding his own voice.
Samurai
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But walking is a great way to help keep them in check.
The South African
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Hidalgo believes Place Pulse can put help keep the government in check.
Wired
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However, a fall in the healthcare sector kept the benchmark in check.
Reuters
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Her reward, my father said, for keeping the mouse population in check.
The Good Daughters
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And that way the whole system keeps itself in check, he said.
Reuters
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The water excludes air and assists in holding harmful fermentation in check.
Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement
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The Guides were to hold the enemy in check on the left.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier Wa...
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Since then top salaries in German universities have been held in check.
The Guardian
13
The Senate, and the Senate only, can keep the President in check.
North America — Volume 2
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General Pando is opposed by forces sufficient to hold him in check.
The Colored Regulars in the United States Army
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The Aids, TB, and malaria pandemics are at least partly in check.
The Guardian
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Even the window frames seemed small, keeping the world outside in check.
The irresistible henry house