单词 | hold down |
释义 | All related terms of 'hold down'hold down1. phrasal verb If you hold down a job or a place in a team, you manage to keep it. He never could hold down a job. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Constant injury problems had made it tough for him to hold down a regular first teamplace. [VERB PARTICLE noun] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE]3. phrasal verb If you hold someone down, you keep them under control and do not allow them to have much freedom or power or many rights. You can't hold a great athlete down. [VERB PARTICLE noun] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE] More Synonyms of hold down See full dictionary entry for holdhold down in British Englishverb (tr, adverb) 1. to restrain or control 2. informal to manage to retain or keep possession of to hold down two jobs at once hold down in American English1. to keep down or under control; restrain 2. US, Informal to have and keep (a job) 3. to limit; restrict the rain held down attendance at the game Examples of 'hold down' in a sentence |
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