The phrase "curb about" is not commonly used in written English.
It is possible to say "curb about" as a way to express reining in or controlling something, but it may sound more natural to use a different phrase such as "restraint." Example: The new company policy aims to curb about excessive spending by implementing stricter budget controls.
My friend Henry and I got each other into headlocks, then veered off together and hit the curb about halfway down the hill.
Suddenly, one pulled up to the curb about a half-block away, the medallion light went on and I dashed over to grab it.
And a study of the ground at his feet did indeed seem to show no discernible sidewalk, but rather a continuous asphalt parking lot stretching from the firehouse to the curb about 200 feet away.
By letting taxpayers keep about $10 billion per pay period, that would single-handedly curb about half of the economic effect of the fiscal cliff and help the country avoid a recession.
This may be hard to accept, but no one wants to see how you rolled off a curb about 6 inches (15.2 cm) off the ground.
Witnesses told local media that the sidewalk along the Brazilian city's waterfront was packed with people when a black car jumped the curb at about 8.30pm.
Valve boss Gabe Newell took the unusual step of issuing a statement about the lay-offs to curb speculation about what they would mean for the company's many projects.
"Clear History" came out of that indecision, David said: "I was thinking about 'Curb' or thinking about doing a movie, and I thought, 'Perhaps it's time I try something else.' So I decided to do the movie..
We pulled away from the curb, drove about five blocks and stopped in front of a shoe store.
" 'Curb' is about what's beneath the surface of social intercourse, the things we think about and can't say," David told Remnick.
Dr John Harvey Kellogg who, alongside his brother Will, invented Corn Flakes, extolled cereal as a means to curb masturbation – about which he had very severe views.
