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keep down
verb as in oppress
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Strong matches
verb as in restrain
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Strong matches
Example Sentences
“Keeping down prices usually means keeping down labor costs. That is where immigrant labor comes in.”
The work there has included arranging bales of straw on the sand, which has enabled native shrubs to take root and begin to keep down the blowing dust.
One issue the neighbourhood teams are homing in on is loneliness - they have identified this as a way to keep down hospital numbers.
For two weeks, Betts could hardly eat solid foods, failing to keep down the little he did consume.
One issue the neighbourhood teams are honing in on is loneliness - they have identified this as a way to keep down hospital numbers.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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