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curbnoun something that limits one's freedom of action or choicethese international regulations act as a curb on the plundering of a nation's archaeological treasures check, circumscription, condition, constraint, fetter, limitation, restraint, restriction, stricture exception, proviso, qualification, reservation, stipulation, stringsban, prohibition, proscription freedom, latitude to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)try to curb your curiosity when it comes to your neighbors' business bridle, check, constrain, contain, control, govern, hold, inhibit, keep, measure, pull in, regulate, rein (in), restrain, rule, tame bottle (up), choke (back), hold back, mince, muffle, pocket, repress, sink, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, swallowarrest, interrupt, stopblock, hamper, handcuff, hinder, impede, obstructgag, muzzle, silence lose liberate, loose, loosen, unleashair, express, take out, vent v.restrain, check, curb, bridle mean to hold back from or control in doing something.restrain suggests holding back by force or persuasion from acting or from going to extremes.restrained themselves from laughing check implies restraining or impeding a progress, activity, or impetus.trying to check government spending curb suggests an abrupt or drastic checking.learn to curb your appetite bridle implies keeping under control by subduing or holding in.bridle an impulse to throw the book down in the 15th century |