keep down

Verb
  1. Place a limit on the number of (synset 200236768)
    is a type of: circumscribe, confine to, limit - restrict or confine within limits
    same as: number
  2. Put down by force or intimidation (synset 202428975)
    "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
    is a type of: crush, oppress, suppress - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
    same as: quash, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate
  3. Manage not to throw up (synset 200077122)

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