3
capture(verb, stop, hold, take, catch)
3
clog(verb, hold, check, keep, block)
3
collar(verb, stop, hold, restrain, catch)
3
contain(verb, hold, take, control, keep)
3
continue
3
control(verb, hold, place, reduce, maintain)
3
cramp(verb, cool, restrain, limit, hinder)
3
fence in(verb, expression, hold, commit, confine)
3
fetter(verb, hold, control, check, restrain)
3
halt(verb, impede)
3
handicap(verb, hold, control, check, reduce)
3
hem in(verb, expression, hold, control, keep)
3
jail orgaol
3
maintain(verb, hold, take, control, place)
3
possess(verb, hold, take, control, place)
3
preserve(verb, hold, control, place, keep)
3
put away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, keep)
3
put behind bars(verb, expression, idiom, hold, commit)
3
rein in(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate)
3
remain(verb, stay, wait, abide, tarry)
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