hold down

verb

1. to restrain or control

2. informal,  to manage to retain or keep possession of

   to hold down two jobs at once

Idioms and Phrases

Also, keep down . Limit, restrain, as in Please hold down the noise . [First half of 1500s] Also see keep down .

Work at or discharge one's duties satisfactorily, as in He managed to hold down two jobs at the same time . [ Colloquial ; 1800s]

Example Sentences

Kirchner banned beef exports in 2006 to hold down domestic prices, devastating herds.

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A negative curve holds down loan growth, while a positive curve does the opposite: It supports increased lending because it gives banks room to shift their reserve assets into loans.

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She recalls how Néstor Kirchner banned beef exports to hold down domestic prices, ruining her cattle farm.

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Those are tactics “neither employers nor employees like but companies resort to in a pinch to hold down premium increases,” he noted.

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She has added a second major in sociology while holding down a part-time job helping students with food, housing and finances, plus other gigs around the campus.

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