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View synonyms for keep down

keep down

verb

  1. to repress; hold in submission
  2. to restrain or control

    he had difficulty keeping his anger down

  3. to cause not to increase or rise

    prices were kept down for six months

  4. intr not to show oneself to one's opponents; lie low
  5. to cause (food) to stay in the stomach; not vomit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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She had found lesson planning "really daunting" - but sharing plans, and a rigorous behaviour policy run by senior leaders, have kept down her workload.

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Mexican law enforcement has undoubtedly kept down the numbers of migrants reaching the US’s door.

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A cat lives in the barn, to keep down the vermin.

As Rickard explained on FoodPrint’s podcast, “the way that the Thai industry kept down its labor costs is they started to contract out work to places called ‘peeling sheds.’”

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Conlon is also known for his devotion to his “Recovered Voices” initiative, which is dedicated to the performance of neglected or overlooked music by composers who were kept down by the Third Reich.

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