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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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One issue the neighbourhood teams are honing in on is loneliness - they have identified this as a way to keep down hospital numbers.

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Betts has struggled to keep down solid food, the ordeal leaving him “scared to eat.”

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They say that wolves keep down numbers of deer and wild boar, which damage trees and crops.

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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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