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hold down
To restrain; to check

You hold him down while I search him.

hold down
To continue, to hold and to manage well

I held down that job for years.

hold down
keep; "She manages to hold down two jobs"
hold down
If you hold someone down, you keep them under control and do not allow them to have much freedom or power or many rights. Everyone thinks there is some vast conspiracy wanting to hold down the younger generation
hold down
If you hold down a job or a place in a team, you manage to keep it. He never could hold down a job Constant injury problems had made it tough for him to hold down a regular first team place
hold down
restrict to preset limitations; be responsible for
hold down
restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"
hold down
keep; "She manages to hold down two jobs
hold down the fort
manage affairs until the one in authority returns
hold-down
a limitation or constraint; "taxpayers want a hold-down on government spending
hold-down
a limitation or constraint; "taxpayers want a hold-down on government spending"
hold#down

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    [ 'hOld ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English healdan; akin to Old High German haltan to hold, and perhaps to Latin celer rapid, Greek klonos agitation.