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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb hold down has 2 senses

• hold down(v = verb.possession) Array - keep; "She manages to hold down two jobs"
is one way to hold, hold back, keep back, retain
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• hold down(v = verb.change) Array - restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"
is one way to circumscribe, confine, limit
Derived form noun hold-down₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

THESAURUS

hold down

asphyxiate, bit, bottle up, bridle, censor, check, choke off, clamp down on, constrain, cork, cork up, crack down on, crush, curb, damp down, deprive of freedom, disenfranchise, disfranchise, dominate, drown, enslave, enthrall, extinguish, gag, hold back, hold captive, hold in, hold in bondage, hold in captivity, hold in leash, hold in subjection, inhibit, jump on, keep down, keep under, kill, lead captive, make dependent, muzzle, peonize, pour water on, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, shut down on, silence, sit down on, sit on, smash, smother, squash, squelch, stanch, stifle, strangle, stultify, subdue, subject, subjugate, subordinate, suffocate, suppress, take captive, throttle, vassalize, withhold

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