hold in check

hold/keep something/somebody in check

to keep something or someone under control, usually to stop them becoming too large or too powerful The natural order of things is that the predators of an animal keep the population in check. The central banks' action seemed at the time to be holding the dollar in check.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Viktor	VIK-tawr (German), VEEK-tahr (Russian)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukraini
Bente	BEN-te (Danish, Norwegian), BEN-tə (Dutch)	Danish, Norwegian, Dutch
Cesarina	che-sah-REE-nah	Italian
Shelton	SHEL-tən	English
ÉVariste	e-var-EEST	French
Zaki	-	Arabic