keep within bounds

keep (someone or something) within bounds

1. To ensure that something remains polite, civil, or in good taste. I will ask again that both candidates please keep the debate within bounds. Keep your jokes within bounds, OK?

2. To cause or force someone to remain adherent to some prescribed laws, guidelines, codes, etc. The laws laid out within our holy book exist in order to keep people within bounds. The structures of the autocratic society keep the common man within bounds, while the rich and powerful maintain control.

keep (someone or something) within bounds

Fig. to cause someone or something to remain constrained or be reasonable; to cause someone to act or something to be in good taste. I know you want artistic freedom, but if you want an audience, you are going to have to keep within bounds. Try to keep the children within bounds. Do keep your behavior within bounds.

词组	keep within bounds
释义	keep within bounds keep (someone or something) within bounds 1. To ensure that something remains polite, civil, or in good taste. I will ask again that both candidates please keep the debate within bounds. Keep your jokes within bounds, OK? 2. To cause or force someone to remain adherent to some prescribed laws, guidelines, codes, etc. The laws laid out within our holy book exist in order to keep people within bounds. The structures of the autocratic society keep the common man within bounds, while the rich and powerful maintain control. See also: bound, keep, within Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. keep (someone or something) within bounds Fig. to cause someone or something to remain constrained or be reasonable; to cause someone to act or something to be in good taste. I know you want artistic freedom, but if you want an audience, you are going to have to keep within bounds. Try to keep the children within bounds. Do keep your behavior within bounds. See also: bound, keep, within McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: keep (someone or something) within bounds stay within bounds know no bounds within bounds be on (one's) good behavior within the bounds of possibility I don't suppose you I don't suppose you could... excuse, please out-of-bounds References in periodicals archive Raps his shoe on the table, he's harder to keep within bounds. What Time and Motion Studies It can't take frost so needs winter protection but even full grown in the wild only reaches about 6ft so is easy to keep within bounds. It is a bush with a spreading, weeping habit which can look very attractive in a pot. The Peter Surridge Gardening club: Dig in and follow THE GROOVE; When your local greengrocer sells the latest plants, you know they must be high in the popularity stakes, says Roger Clarke
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