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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The Schwartz couldn't be kept down.
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Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Reasons to contact your doctor include inability to keep down fluids, persistent diarrhea over three days, high fevers and bloody stools.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
According to past reporting, the city always planned to issue additional bonds to help pay for these projects so that interest costs could be kept down by borrowing only the money the city needed at that time.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
Total May revenues for Old Dominion were also impacted by lower fuel prices, which kept down rates.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 June 2025
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Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Reasons to contact your doctor include inability to keep down fluids, persistent diarrhea over three days, high fevers and bloody stools.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
According to past reporting, the city always planned to issue additional bonds to help pay for these projects so that interest costs could be kept down by borrowing only the money the city needed at that time.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
Total May revenues for Old Dominion were also impacted by lower fuel prices, which kept down rates.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 June 2025
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“Keep down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20down. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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