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Definition of the day : « hold down »
- As in inhibit : verb restrict, prevent
- As in manage : verb be in charge, control
- As in pin : verb attach, hold in place
- As in quiet : verb make silent, calm
- As in restrict : verb confine, limit situation or ability to participate
- As in stifle : verb prevent, restrain
- As in suppress : verb restrain, hold in check
- As in weigh down : verb depress
- As in withhold : verb keep back
- As in hold back : verb repress
- As in bottle up : verb hold in check
- As in check : verb hinder, restrain
- As in constrain : verb force; restrain
- As in curb : verb repress, restrict
- As in grind : verb oppress
- As in hold back/hold off : verb repress
- Some called on the Colonel to hold down the cap lower, so that Bob could reach it.
- Extract from : « Rollo on the Atlantic » by Jacob Abbott
- He matched their acceleration to hold down the relative speeds.
- Extract from : « Tulan » by Carroll Mather Capps
- That's all right; but there are enemies you have to hold down.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Races » by Burt L. Standish
- They pull me off, and I hold down my head and fold my arms, just like friar do.
- Extract from : « Mr. Midshipman Easy » by Captain Frederick Marryat
- Hold down your heads, girls: if it's anybody that knows us, we're lost.
- Extract from : « Tales of the Argonauts » by Bret Harte
- Any girl who disapproves of this, will she hold down her hand?
- Extract from : « The School Queens » by L. T. Meade
- In a little While she learned to count Money, and could hold down the Job.
- Extract from : « Fables in Slang » by George Ade
- France will hold down Germany, who just now claims to be our friend also.
- Extract from : « Through Scandinavia to Moscow » by William Seymour Edwards
- He had a thousand plans by which the Prince was to overcome and hold down Slavna.
- Extract from : « Sophy of Kravonia » by Anthony Hope
- This will hold down friction and save the company's good money.
- Extract from : « Letters from an Old Railway Official » by Charles DeLano Hine