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Definition of 'hold down'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) hold-down
a limitation or constraint
"taxpayers want a hold-down on government spending"

2. (verb) hold down
keep
"She manages to hold down two jobs"

3. (verb) hold down
restrain
"please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"

Definition of 'hold down'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) hold down
to stop from getting up
The guards held him down.

2. hold down
to keep the level of sth low
to hold down prices

3. hold down
hold down a job
to keep a job
He's never been able to hold down a job.

Translation of 'hold down'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to keep or be allowed to stay in (a job) He is incapable of holding down a job.
Afrikaans: behou	Arabic: يَبْقى في، يَحْتَفِظُ ب	Bulgarian: задържам
Brazilian: aguentar	Czech: udržet si	German: behalten
Danish: holde fast på	Greek: κρατώ (π.χ. δουλειά)	Spanish: conservar, mantener
Estonian: alal hoidma	Farsi: حفظ كردن	Finnish: pysyä
French: garder	Hebrew: לְהַצלִיח לִשׂמוֹר אֶת הַ	Hindi: किसी नौकरी इत्यादि में बन
Croatian: zadržati (posao)	Hungarian: betölt (állást)	Indonesian: mempertahankan
Icelandic: halda, endastí	Italian: mantenere	Japanese: 維持する
Korean: (직업을) 보유하다	Lithuanian: išlaikyti	Latvian: paturēt; nezaudēt []
Malay: kekal dgn	Dutch: vasthouden	Norwegian: beholde, bli i
Polish: utrzymywać	Persian: حفظ كردن	Pashto: ساتل
Portuguese: aguentar	Romanian: a păstra	Russian: удержаться
Slovak: udržať si	Slovenian: obdržati se (v službi)	Serbian: zadržati
Swedish: behålla, stanna kvar på (	Thai: หน่วงเหนี่ยว	Turkish: elinde tutmak, yürütmek
Taiwanese: 留住(工作)	Ukrainian: втримати(ся)	Urdu: کسی چیز کو بر قرار رکھنا
Vietnamese: tiếp tục giữ một chức vụ	Chinese: 保持住
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