To Control or Contain Some Negative Effect

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Wild West, Group 435, Puzzle 1 (Catawampus).

Question is: To Control or Contain Some Negative Effect

and the answer is: KEEPATBAY

Word Meaning:

KEEP — (transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.

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