keep it down
Example Sentences
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"They do cost a lot of money but we try and keep it down to a respectable level for obvious reasons," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023
Eventually, Zandi says, growing doubts would shrink the dollar’s value and keep it down.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023
I’d probably even be OK with Rapper Man moving into it, if he agreed to keep it down at night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
She is able to eat some soft food, but still struggles to keep it down.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2021
When, by evening, the crowd on the neighbors’ deck began dancing, she looked up their number in the phone book and asked them to keep it down.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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