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[ verb ] keep

Examples

"She manages to hold down two jobs"

Used in print

(Time magazine, 77:3...)

Vitamins , eggs and milk begin to look_like foods to hold_down on ( though mothers ' milk is still the ticket ) .

Related terms

retain

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[ verb ] restrain

Examples

"please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"

Related terms

limit hold-down

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