hold down

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hold down

verb holds down · holding down · held down

idiomatic, transitive To restrain; to check. Please hold the noise down.
Similar: restrain, hold back, behedge, guard, govern, smother, bind, chasten, choke back, check, inhibit, catch
idiomatic, transitive To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep; maintain; support. I held down that job for years.

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verb to restrain

Español	retener, sujetar, detener
Français	baisser, maintenir à terre
Deutsch	niederhalten, unterdrucken
Italiano	tenere a freno
Русский	уде́рживать udérživatʹ, угнета́ть ugnetátʹ, подавля́ть podavljátʹ

verb to continue to hold

Español	seguir en, conservar, mantenerse en
Deutsch	halten, sich halten in
Русский	уде́рживать udérživatʹ, удержа́ться uderžátʹsja

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@misc{hold_down_2026,
  title = {hold down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hold%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}