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Idioms and Phrases

Reasonable and allowable, up to a certain point, as in It's all right to play your stereo, but please keep the volume within bounds . Like its antonym, out of bounds , this term originally referred to the boundaries of a playing area of field.
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“He allows engagement, but no compromise. His team will inflict damage, but keep it within bounds. They don’t want a direct conflict with the U.S., which is the one thing that could threaten the regime. And I don’t expect that to change.”

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Powell noted that much about the economy's recent performance was constructive, with low unemployment and rising wages fueling more demand for goods and services and more job creation - the sort of virtuous cycle that, within bounds, leads to self-sustaining growth.

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They can be kept within bounds and eventually dissipated only by…moral strength and firm maintenance of a united purpose…

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CBP and the Texas Rangers are still investigating the circumstances, but the inspector general said the medical decisions were all within bounds.

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Nor for us inordinate affection, although quite how one is to keep this within bounds I have failed to understand.

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