hold down

Strongest matches

• repress
• suppress

Weak matches

• box up
• bring to naught
• check
• collar
• contain
• coop up
• cork
• corner
• cover up
• cramp
• curb
• enclose
• entrap
• hold back
• hold in
• keep back
• keep feeling inside oneself
• keep secret
• restrain
• restrict
• shut in
• trap

Strongest matches

• arrest
• control
• curb
• halt
• prevent
• reduce
• stop

Strong matches

• baffle
• bar
• bit
• bottleneck
• bridle
• checkmate
• choke
• circumvent
• constrain
• counteract
• delay
• discourage
• foil
• frustrate
• harness
• hold
• impede
• inhibit
• interrupt
• limit
• moderate
• neutralize
• obstruct
• obviate
• pause
• preclude
• rebuff
• repress
• repulse
• retard
• snub
• squelch
• stay
• suppress
• tame
• terminate
• thwart
• withhold

Weak matches

• cut short
• hold back
• hold in
• keep back
• nip in the bud
• play for time
• rein in
• slacken pace
• slow down

Strongest matches

• bind
• constrict
• curb
• inhibit
• necessitate
• stifle

Strong matches

• ban
• bar
• bridle
• chain
• check
• coerce
• compel
• concuss
• confine
• cork
• deny
• deprive
• disallow
• drive
• hog-tie
• immure
• impel
• imprison
• incarcerate
• intern
• jail
• make
• oblige
• pressure
• pressurize
• urge
• withhold

Weak matches

• bottle up
• cool off
• hem in
• hold back
• hold in
• keep lid on
• put half nelson on
• shotgun

Strongest matches

• constrain
• contain
• control
• hamper
• hinder
• impede
• inhibit
• restrain
• suppress
• tame

Strong matches

• abstain
• bit
• bridle
• check
• deny
• fetter
• hobble
• hog-tie
• ice
• leash
• manacle
• moderate
• muzzle
• refrain
• retard
• scrub
• shackle
• subdue
• tie
• withhold

Weak matches

• bottle up
• box in
• bring to screeching halt
• cool down
• cool off
• entrammel
• hold back
• hold in
• keep lid on
• keep tight rein on
• rein in
• send up
• tie up

Strong matches

• afflict
• annoy
• harass
• hound
• persecute
• plague
• trouble
• tyrannize
• vex

Weak matches

• bit
• bridle
• check
• control
• curb
• defer
• delay
• deny
• forbear
• hold in
• hold off
• inhibit
• keep
• keep back
• keep out
• postpone
• prevent
• put off
• refrain
• refuse
• restrain
• stop
• suppress
• withhold

Weak matches

• bit
• bridle
• check
• control
• curb
• defer
• delay
• deny
• forbear
• hold in
• inhibit
• keep
• keep back
• keep out
• postpone
• prevent
• put off
• refrain
• refuse
• restrain
• stop
• suppress
• withhold

Strongest matches

• constrain
• curb
• discourage
• forbid
• hinder
• impede
• obstruct
• outlaw
• prohibit
• restrain
• stymie
• suppress

Strong matches

• arrest
• avert
• bar
• bit
• bridle
• check
• cramp
• enjoin
• faze
• frustrate
• hog-tie
• interdict
• repress
• sandbag
• stop
• taboo
• ward
• withhold

Weak matches

• hang up
• hold back
• hold in
• keep in
• put on brakes

Strongest matches

• administer
• conduct
• dominate
• govern
• guide
• handle
• maintain
• operate
• oversee
• regulate
• run
• supervise
• take care of
• take over
• train
• use

Strong matches

• advocate
• boss
• captain
• command
• concert
• counsel
• designate
• direct
• disburse
• engineer
• execute
• head
• influence
• instruct
• manipulate
• minister
• officiate
• pilot
• ply
• preside
• request
• rule
• steer
• superintend
• watch
• wield

Weak matches

• call the shots
• call upon
• care for
• carry on
• engage in
• run the show
• take the helm
• watch over

Strongest matches

• affix
• bind
• clasp
• fasten
• fix

Strong matches

• close
• immobilize
• join
• pinion
• press
• restrain
• secure

Weak match

• hold fast

Strongest matches

• curb
• decrease
• define
• diminish
• hamper
• impede
• inhibit
• limit
• narrow
• reduce
• regulate
• restrain
• shorten

Strong matches

• bind
• bound
• chain
• check
• circumscribe
• constrict
• contain
• contract
• cramp
• delimit
• delimitate
• demarcate
• encircle
• enclose
• inclose
• moderate
• modify
• qualify
• shrink
• surround
• temper
• tether
• tie

Weak matches

• bottle up
• come down on
• cool down
• demark
• hang up
• hem in
• hold back
• keep within bounds
• keep within limits
• pin down
• prelimit
• put away
• put on ice
• send up
• shut in

Strongest matches

• abolish
• censor
• conceal
• contain
• cover up
• crack down on
• crush
• curb
• cut off
• muzzle
• overcome
• overthrow
• put an end to
• put down
• quash
• quell
• quench
• repress
• silence
• snuff out
• stamp out
• stifle
• subdue
• withhold

Strong matches

• annihilate
• bottle
• burke
• check
• clamp
• conquer
• extinguish
• interrupt
• muffle
• overpower
• shush
• smother
• spike
• squash
• stop
• trample

Weak matches

• beat down
• bring to naught
• hold back
• hold in
• keep in
• keep secret
• put kibosh on
• put lid on
• sit on

Strongest matches

• overburden
• overload
• sadden

Weak matches

• bear down
• burden
• cumber
• get down
• oppress
• press
• press down
• prey on
• pull down
• task
• trouble
• weigh upon
• weight
• worry

Strongest matches

• conceal
• deduct
• deny
• detain
• hide
• keep
• refuse
• resist
• retain
• suppress

Strong matches

• abstain
• bridle
• check
• constrain
• curb
• disallow
• hold
• inhibit
• kill
• refrain
• repress
• reserve
• restrain
• spike

Weak matches

• clam up
• dummy up
• hold back
• hold out
• hold out on
• keep secret
• keep to oneself
• keep under one's hat
• keep under wraps
• sit on
• stop oneself