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hold down

/ hold down /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
restrain
"please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"
Type of:
limit circumscribe confine
Derived:
hold-down
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
keep
"She manages to hold down two jobs"
Type of:
retain hold keep back
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
14%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
7
Times Searched
3
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limit circumscribe confine retain hold keep back