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keep down

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: keep down

1
 v
place a limit on the number of
2
 v
manage not to throw up
3
 v
put down by force or intimidation
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: keep down
1

v place a limit on the number of

Synonyms:
number
Type of:
circumscribe, confine, limit
restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
2

v manage not to throw up

Antonyms:
barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
3

v put down by force or intimidation

“China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently”
Synonyms:
quash, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate
Type of:
crush, oppress, suppress
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
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