keep down Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb place a limit on the number of
   number.
   
2. verb put down by force or intimidation
   subdue; reduce; repress; quash; subjugate.
   
   • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
   • China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
   • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
3. verb manage not to throw up
   

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