English Explanatory Dictionary

keep down

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To repress.
  2. To restrain or control (a sound).
  3. To cause not to increase or rise.
  4. To retain in the stomach without vomiting.
  5. To lie low; to stay concealed by not standing up.
  6. To refrain from using capital letters more than absolutely necessary.

Word forms

keep down keeps down keeping down kept down

Antonyms

keep up

Derived words

keep it down you can't keep a good man down
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