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HOLD DOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hold down mean?
• HOLD DOWN (verb)
The verb HOLD DOWN has 2 senses:
Familiarity information: HOLD DOWN used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Keep
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
She manages to hold down two jobs
Hypernyms (to "hold down" is one way to...):
hold; hold back; keep back; retain (secure and keep for possible future use or application)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Restrain
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep
Hypernyms (to "hold down" is one way to...):
circumscribe; confine to; limit (restrict or confine within limits)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
hold-down (a limitation or constraint)
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