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bounds

/ ʊԻ /

plural noun

  1. sometimes singular a limit; boundary (esp in the phrase know no bounds )
  2. something that restrains or confines, esp the standards of a society

    within the bounds of modesty

  3. beat the bounds
    See beat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The ball, however, ricocheted off the tree and toward the fairway rather than out of bounds.

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One imagines that similar business goes on just beyond the bounds of this series.

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The team used and won a pair of challenges by the third quarter, leaving them helpless when a replay showed Curry, not the Lakers, kicked the ball out of bounds.

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Republicans accused President Biden of overstepping those bounds when he issued an executive order directing federal agencies to promote voting access in 2021 — which Trump has since rescinded.

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Her defense also improved by leaps and bounds, enough so that she was a finalist for defensive player of the year.

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