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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  hold down
       v 1: keep; "She manages to hold down two jobs"
       2: restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors
          can sleep"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  hold down
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To restrain; to check.
     2 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage
  well; to keep, maintain; support.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  hold down
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To restrain; to check.
     2 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage
  well; to keep, maintain; support.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  hold down
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To restrain; to check.
     2 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage
  well; to keep, maintain; support.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  hold down
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To restrain; to check.
     2 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage
  well; to keep, maintain; support.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  hold down
     Englanti vb.
     1 pitää alhaalla t. maassa
     2 hillitä, pitää kurissa
     3 alistaa, pitää alistetussa asemassa, tukahduttaa
     4 onnistua pitämään (työpaikka)
     5 pystyä olemaan oksentamatta, pitää mahassa

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  hold down /hˈəʊld dˈaʊn/ 
  utlačovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  hold down /hˈəʊld dˈaʊn/ 
  omezovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  hold down /hˈəʊld dˈaʊn/ 
  udržet si zaměstnání

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  hold down /hˈəʊld dˈaʊn/
  festhalten 
     Synonyms: hold tight, hold on
  
   see: holding down, holding tight, holding on, held down, held tight, held on, hold fast to an idea/a principle
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  hold down /hˈəʊld dˈaʊn/
  držati pritisnuto

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  hold down /hˈəʊld dˈaʊn/
  priversti, laikyti priespaudoje

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "hold down":
     asphyxiate, bit, bottle up, bridle, censor, check, choke off,
     clamp down on, constrain, cork, cork up, crack down on, crush,
     curb, damp down, deprive of freedom, disenfranchise, disfranchise,
     dominate, drown, enslave, enthrall, extinguish, gag, hold back,
     hold captive, hold in, hold in bondage, hold in captivity,
     hold in leash, hold in subjection, inhibit, jump on, keep down,
     keep under, kill, lead captive, make dependent, muzzle, peonize,
     pour water on, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress,
     shut down on, silence, sit down on, sit on, smash, smother, squash,
     squelch, stanch, stifle, strangle, stultify, subdue, subject,
     subjugate, subordinate, suffocate, suppress, take captive,
     throttle, vassalize, withhold
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  压制;抑制(热情等)

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     保持,使下垂,压倒

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