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hold in check

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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.
See also: check, hold


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For example, Storage Maximizer combines Hitachi Dynamic Optimizer and FlashAccess Manager software with the Lightning 9900, allowing customers to hold in check the cost of managing storage, even as they aggressively consolidate their data onto fewer subsystems.
 
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