"in check" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1880, Thomas Hardy, chapter 37, in The Trumpet Major",
          "text": "The old feelings, so religiously held in check, were stimulated to rebelliousness, though they did not show themselves in any direct manner as yet.",
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        {
          "ref": "1921, Jeffery Farnol, chapter 30, in Martin Conisby's Vengeance",
          "text": "I . . . espied a small cave, excellent suited to our defence and where two determined men might hold in check a whole army.",
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          "ref": "2008 December 3, Kate Torgovnick, “Why Do the Mentally Ill Die Younger?”, in Time",
          "text": "Scott also has schizoaffective bipolar disorder, a mental illness she keeps in check with a low dose of Zyprexa.",
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        "Under restraint or control."
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "kurissa"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pod kontrolem",
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          "word": "под контролем"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "word": "a raya"
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  "word": "in check"
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          "ref": "1880, Thomas Hardy, chapter 37, in The Trumpet Major",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kurissa"
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      "roman": "pod kontrolem",
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      "word": "под контролем"
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  "word": "in check"
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