in check

Idioms  

1. Restrained from moving or acting; under control. For example, The first division held the enemy in check, or Mary kept her emotions in check. This term replaced at check and out of check, which date from the mid-1500s.

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in check

And what can you do to keep them in check?

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

In previously studied retrons, a toxic protein is already present inside an uninfected cell, but its harmful effects are held in check by short pieces of single-stranded DNA.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

The hardware offers scalability and improved economics — a major focus for companies that are looking to keep costs for computing power in check.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

To keep this in check, Palmini now avoids recording right after hanging out with friends from the Bronx.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

That the military was accountable, reasonable, and was kept in check by concentric circles of regulations, laws, common sense, common decency.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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