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| hold hostage(hold, commit, confine, detain) | |
| hold in custody(idiom, hold, commit, confine) | |
| keep captive(hold, commit, confine, detain) | |
| keep down(verb, hold, control, restrain) | |
| keep from spreading | |
| keep in custody(idiom, hold, commit, confine) | |
| keep in line(verb, idiom, hold, control) | |
| keep within limits(verb, idiom, control, check) | |
| mark the periphery | |
| nail down(verb, mark, limit, restrict) | |
| pin down(verb, hold, control, check) | |
| pull back(verb, hold, control, restrain) | |
| put a lid on(verb, idiom, cool, restrain) | |
| put behind bars(idiom, hold, commit, confine) | |
| put inside(circle, confine, detain, ring) | |
| put on ice(verb, idiom, control, check) | |
| rail in(verb, phrasal verb, hold, commit) | |
| send to prison(idiom, hold, commit, confine) | |
| set apart(circle, ring, surround, wrap) | |
| set off(verb, touch, surround, encircle) |
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