keep in line

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Shopping	The largest selection of KEEP IN LINE products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France.
TV Shop	As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products.

keep in line > verb, emotion
Meaning	Control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	manipulate, control
Broader	interact
Narrower	tease; handle; ingratiate