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Just like in the Bible story, where they say the great Pharaoh held down the Jews, Israelites and all that.

It was just as unusual in 2006, when the Gathering was held down the road at a place called Frontier Ranch Music Center.

Naturally, the royal gracefully held down her skirt with one hand and continued to chat with the young student.

Sources told the New York Daily News that she acknowledged not having held down a “legit” job since 1993.

In the meantime, she held down jobs as a social worker for the state of Florida and as a realtor.

Then he held down a hand to her, bade her set her foot on his, and called with an oath to Rabecque to lend her his assistance.

If two notes at an interval of a fifth are held down, a note one octave below the lower one will be heard.

And under the priest's terrible gaze the Provenal's hand left his sword-hilt, and he held down his head.

Sometimes the roof was a very thick layer of long grass, laid on rude rafters, and held down by poles to form a kind of thatch.

And she shot one glance at Fitzroy, who shot another at the great Truncheon, who held down his eyes.

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On this page you'll find 597 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hold down, such as: repress, suppress, box up, bring to naught, check, and collar.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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