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curb

verb

/kɜːrb/

Meaning

to restrain, control, or limit something

The government took steps to curb inflation.

curb your enthusiasm

restrain, control, suppress, limit, check

encourage, promote, release

curb inflation, curb violence, curb pollution, curb spending

to give or assign something, often a share or portion, to someone

To pass (words, ideas, or gossip) back and forth in a casual or argumentative way.

an informal or non-standard variant of 'gloss over', meaning to ignore or minimize something

To take apart something into its separate pieces.

to say again or do again

to send off to a destination or for a purpose