hold down

How To Use hold down In A Sentence

• Despite her handicap, Jane is able to hold down a full-time job.
• She manages to hold down two jobs
• Retailers usually offer smaller sizes to hold down prices but our offer this week brings top quality larger tubers at money-saving prices. The Sun
• He never could hold down a job.
• These strategically placed threads form a bundle called the byssus, which tethers the mussel to its new home in much the same way that guy ropes hold down a tent. WN.com - Articles related to Sea secrets - over 5,000 new marine species found
• A veteran who has started games and isn't yet gumming his food, Matthews can hold down the fort as a fill-in.
• Constant injury problems had made it tough for him to hold down a regular first team place.
• The government has imposed a sharp credit squeeze in an attempt to hold down inflation.
• Even the increase proposed will put pressure on Congress to hold down other spending or dip into funds earmarked for Social Security.
• He took a dictionary to hold down the test papers for fear that they might be blown away by the wind.