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Definition

To restrain; to check.

To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep; maintain; support.

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In Context

  • "Please hold the noise down."
  • "You hold him down while I search him."
  • "I held down that job for years."
  • "Thank you to everyone who's been holding us down while we've been going through this difficult time."
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Also Said As

  • restrain
  • hold back
  • behedge
  • guard
  • smother
  • bind
  • chasten
  • check
  • inhibit
  • contain
  • vanquish
  • cork
  • curb
  • bury
  • curtail
  • dampen
  • hamshackle
  • hold back
  • hold down
  • limit
  • repress
  • restrain
  • restrict
  • shackle
  • stay
  • stifle
  • stop
  • straiten
  • subdue
  • suppress
  • throttle
  • underbring
  • withhold
  • withstrain
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See Also

  • hold it down
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Related Idioms

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hold one's fire

Wait, don't retaliate, calm down, be quiet.

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hold cheap

To have a low esteem for (someone or something); to hold in contempt; …

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look down one's nose

To regard as inferior or distasteful; to hold in contempt.
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