keep down

/kip daʊn/

/kip daʊn/

Other forms: kept down; keeping down; keeps down

Definitions of keep down

1. verb

   place a limit on the number of
   synonyms: number

   type of:

   circumscribe, confine, limit

   restrict or confine
2. verb

   manage not to throw up
   antonyms:

   vomit

   eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
3. verb

   put down by force or intimidation
   “China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently”

   synonyms: quash, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate

   type of:

   crush, oppress, suppress

   come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority