Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - keep down
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Keep down
keep down
1. If you keep the number, size, or amount of something down, you do not let it get bigger or go higher. The prime aim is to keep inflation down... Administration costs were kept down to just ?460. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron) 2. If someone keeps a group of people down, they prevent them from getting power and status and being completely free. No matter what a woman tries to do to improve her situation, there is some barrier or attitude to keep her down. = hold back PHRASAL VERB: V n P, also V P n (not pron) 3. If you keep food or drink down, you manage to swallow it properly and not vomit, even though you feel sick. I tried to give her something to drink but she couldn’t keep it down. PHRASAL VERB: V n P
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1.
transitive verb Date: 1548 1. to keep in control keep expenses down 2. to prevent from growing, advancing, or succeeding ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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3.
1. продолжать сидеть или лежать, не вставать keep down! —- не поднимайся! 2. не поднимать to keep one's head down —- не поднимать головы, стоять опустив голову 3. подавлять; сдерживать to keep down one's anger —- сдерживать гнев to keep the enemy down —- воен. прижимать к земле противника this chemical will keep the weeds down —- этот химический препарат угнетает сорняки 4. мешать успеху, росту you can't keep a good man down —- способный человек всегда пробьется 5. не допускать повышения to keep down expenses —- сокращать расходы to keep the prices down —- не допускать повышения цен Id: he could not keep his food down —- после еды его вырвало ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
{v.} Keep from progressing or growing; keep within limits; control. * /The children could not keep their voices down./ * /We hoe the garden to keep down the weeds./ * /You can't keep a good man down./ Compare: GET AHEAD. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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