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(Entry 1 of 2)
to set bounds or an upper limit for
- efforts to hold down taxes keep running up against the legislature's ingrained unwillingness to cut spending
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nounSynonyms of hold-down (Entry 2 of 2)
as in tie, fastener
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The first known use of hold down was in 1533
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