hold down

VERB
  1. restrain
    please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep
  2. keep
    She manages to hold down two jobs
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How To Use hold down In A Sentence

  • He was unable to hold down a job after his breakdown.
  • Constant injury problems had made it tough for him to hold down a regular first team place.
  • He took a dictionary to hold down the test papers for fear that they might be blown away by the wind.
  • Function: Left Arm hold down The Arm, Make That swing Action is stabile.
  • The creation of a central executive government strong enough to rule the whole empire, and hold down even the southern and southwestern daimi [= o] s, made it still worse for the converts of the European teachers, because in the Land of the The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji
  • Despite her handicap, Jane is able to hold down a full-time job.
  • Without marijuana, they'd be housebound - weak, unable to hold down food and wracked with muscle spasms.
  • Press and hold down the control key while you press '9'.
  • That preset happens to arpeggiate (if you're not familiar, you hold down keys and it plays notes for you), so it's a kind of compound automation. Torley Lives
  • Everyone thinks there is some vast conspiracy wanting to hold down the younger generation.
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