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to restraining
verb
To control or keep in check.
Exact(42)
"Tiger has gone to restraining his driver," he said.
As to restraining the cat, I'd no way dare".
But increasingly the battle is moving away from opposing capitalism per se to restraining its excesses.
The companies said in the statement that they were committed to restraining energy prices.
Individual states being subject to their own bills of rights, these amendments were limited to restraining the federal government.
Each solved a specific problem — from durability (the white fiberglass exterior) to restraining the balloonlike pressure bladder against the astronaut's body (brassiere-grade nylon).
Similar(17)
"We want to restrain spending.
We had to restrain him.
Who wants to restrain me?
I'm trying to restrain myself here.
Is it time to restrain restraint?
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