keep in check



arrest, bottle, bottle up, bridle, check, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool off, curb, curtail, dam, damp, dampen,

   razor strap - belt, cat, cowhide, crop, flagellum, horsewhip, lash, rawhide, scourge, strap, thong, whiplash ,

   mortar barrage - barrage, broadside, burst, cannonade, fusillade, salvo, spray, volley ,

   chime in with - accommodate, accord, adapt, adjust, agree, agree with, assimilate, bend, coincide, comply, compose, concur, conform, correct, correspond,

   defy danger - bell the cat, brave, chance, dare, face up to, gamble, go for broke, hazard, play with fire, risk, take chances, tempt Providence ,

   circus rider - broncobuster, caballero, cavalier, chevalier, cowboy, equestrian, gaucho, horseman, jockey, knight, mounted policeman, puncher, rider, steeplechaser, vaquero ,

   keep secret - bosom, bottle up, bury, cache, classify, conceal, deposit, hide, hold out on, keep back, keep from, lock up, plant, play dumb, put away,

   big-time spender - prodigal, prodigal son, spendthrift, wastrel ,

   exciting - acceptable, adorable, agitating, agreeable, alluring, amazing, appealing, appetizing, ardent, arresting, astonishing, astounding, attractive, beguiling, bewitching,

   be incarnated - awake, awaken, be born, come alive, come to, quicken, resuscitate, revive, rise, see the light ,

   freshen up - animate, brace, brace up, buck up, cheer, enliven, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, invigorate, perk up, pick up, quicken, refresh, regale,