keep down
verb- To repress. · The dictatorial state keeps down its dissidents very efficiently.
- To restrain or control (a sound). · We must keep the noise down, or the neighbours will complain.· Keep it down in there! Some of us are trying to sleep!
- To cause not to increase or rise. · It is essential to keep the numbers down to avoid overcrowding.
- To retain in the stomach without vomiting. · It is difficult to keep anything down when you have the flu.
- To lie low; to stay concealed by not standing up. · You had better keep down or they will see you.
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“‘At eight o’clock,’ she said, gulping in her throat to keep down her agitation.
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