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keep down

 
Verb keep down has 3 senses
  1. number, keep down - place a limit on the number of
    --1 is one way to limit, circumscribe, confine
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce - put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
    --2 is one way to oppress, suppress, crush
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  3. keep down - manage not to throw up
    Antonyms:
    vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
keep a tab keep abreast keep an eye on keep apart keep away keep back keep clear of keep company keep down keep everything running keep fit keep from keep going keep guard keep head down keep in-touch keep in

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