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tamp down
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Princeton's WordNet
tamp down, tamp, packverb
press down tightly
"tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"
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tamp down
To tamp down means to press, compact, or flatten something by tapping or hitting it lightly. It could also mean to reduce, suppress, restrict, or limit the effect, intensity, or force of something. Additionally, this phrase can be used metaphorically to refer to controlling or curbing negative thoughts or emotions.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tamp down in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tamp down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of tamp down in a Sentence
We also believe that it's important for both, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israeli elected officials and President Abbas and other people in positions of power, to try to tamp down rhetoric that may feed violence or anger or misunderstanding and try to get all people in Israel and in the West Bank to recognize that this kind of random violence is not going to result in anything other than more hardship and more insecurity.
This yield-curve inversion points toward growing investor concern that the Federal Reserve's rate setting is not likely to tamp down fast-running inflation.
Additional funding will tamp down tempers and make it easier for additional water users to participate, that is key.
The market's outlook is encouraging, supply is expected to improve, which will give buyers more options and help tamp down record-high asking prices for existing homes.
Clinton would like to go to the nominating convention with the wind at her back and tamp down the perception that she doesn’t excite Democrats.
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