hold down

See also: holddown

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

hold down (third-person singular simple present holds down, present participle holding down, simple past and past participle held down)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To restrain; to check.

   Synonyms: restrain, hold back; see also Thesaurus:curb

   Please hold the noise down.

   You hold him down while I search him.

2. (idiomatic, transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep; maintain; support.

   I held down that job for years.

   Thank you to everyone who's been holding us down while we've been going through this difficult time.

Related terms

• hold it down

Translations

to restrain

• French: baisser (fr), maintenir à terre
• German: niederhalten (de), unterdrucken
• Hungarian: lefog (hu), féken tart (hu)
• Italian: tenere a freno
• Russian: уде́рживать (ru) (udérživatʹ), угнета́ть (ru) (ugnetátʹ), подавля́ть (ru) (podavljátʹ)
• Spanish: retener (es), sujetar (es), detener (es)

to continue to hold

• German: halten (de), sich halten in
• Hungarian: betölt (hu)
• Russian: уде́рживать (ru) (udérživatʹ), удержа́ться (ru) (uderžátʹsja)
• Spanish: seguir en (es), conservar (es), mantenerse en (es)