English

Verb

hold down ‎(third-person singular simple present holds down, present participle holding down, simple past and past participle held down)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To restrain; to check.

   Please hold the noise down.

   You hold him down while I search him.

2. (idiomatic, transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage well.

   I held down that job for years.

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