keep down
verb
kept down; keeping down; keeps down
1
: to keep in control
keep expenses down
2
: to prevent from growing, advancing, or succeeding
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Use your mower bag to collect leaves from your mulching mower, then spread around shrubs and perennials to keep down weeds, retain moisture, and prevent frost-heaving of plants during freeze-thaw cycles in the winter.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2025
Though evil is running rampant, Thundarr refuses to be kept down, battling back with the help of the sorceress Ariel and Ookla the Mok, a Wookie-like creature forced into the series by ABC over Gerber’s objections.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
After taking the first three games of the long weekend in the Bronx, the Red Sox were finally kept down by their rivals.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 25 Aug. 2025
Their deaths were faked so they could be kept down here and experimented on forever.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2025
Though evil is running rampant, Thundarr refuses to be kept down, battling back with the help of the sorceress Ariel and Ookla the Mok, a Wookie-like creature forced into the series by ABC over Gerber’s objections.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
After taking the first three games of the long weekend in the Bronx, the Red Sox were finally kept down by their rivals.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 25 Aug. 2025
Their deaths were faked so they could be kept down here and experimented on forever.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for keep down
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“Keep down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20down. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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