1
: something used to fasten an object in place
2
a
: an act of holding down
b
: limit
agreed to wage-rate hold-downs
held down; holding down; holds down
1
: to keep within limits
hold the noise down
2
: to assume or have responsibility for
holding down two jobs
Synonyms
Examples of hold-down in a Sentence
Verb
efforts to hold down taxes keep running up against the legislature's ingrained unwillingness to cut spending
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Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 9 Apr. 2024
SpaceX tested the water deluge system several times since April, including on a pair of hold-down engine tests with the Super Heavy booster in August.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 3 July 2024
Mitchell, 43, died around 4 p.m. Sunday after being held down by four security guards outside the Hyatt Regency hotel on Kilbourn Avenue, following what Milwaukee police described as a disturbance and subsequent fight as he was escorted out.
—Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2024
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Noun
Then, 12 hold-down bolts fired and freed the Delta IV Heavy for its climb into space with a top-secret payload for the US government's spy satellite agency.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 9 Apr. 2024
SpaceX tested the water deluge system several times since April, including on a pair of hold-down engine tests with the Super Heavy booster in August.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
Verb
The 55-year-old has also held down the role of EVP and oversaw the launch of BET’s official website in the early 2000s.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 3 July 2024
Mitchell, 43, died around 4 p.m. Sunday after being held down by four security guards outside the Hyatt Regency hotel on Kilbourn Avenue, following what Milwaukee police described as a disturbance and subsequent fight as he was escorted out.
—Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2024
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“Hold-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hold-down. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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