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- place a limit on the number of
- manage not to throw up
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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
How To Use keep down In A Sentence
- He trains on his own, often a solitary figure with nothing but a support car behind him, and goes to bed hungry to keep down his weight.
- Sprinkle water every hour on the pot to keep down the inside temperature.
- They are taking steps to keep down the rabbit population.
- That's not all - the party plans to use paper ballots rather than voting machines in order to keep down costs.
- These make an agreeable walking surface and keep down weeds very effectively. The Education of a Gardener
- The office buys paper in bulk to keep down costs.
- I also gave the potted plants (rosemary, chives, oregano and garlic) a bit more compost and a top dressing of bark chips to smarten them up, keep down the weeds and help with water retention.
- Mike already has a layer of wood chip mulch in place around his plants to keep down weeds and conserve moisture.
- Keep down! You mustn't let anybody see you.
- Unlike free running and other kinds of endurance sports, zorbing does not require any level of skill or fitness, only the ability to keep down your food!
