Hold-down Definition

hōlddoun
noun
The act of holding down.
American Heritage
A limit or restraint.
American Heritage
Something, such as a clamp, used to hold an object in place.
American Heritage
verb

(idiomatic) To restrain; to check.

Please hold the noise down.
You hold him down while I search him.
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(idiomatic) To continue, to hold and to manage well.
I held down that job for years.
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Hold-down Sentence Examples

  • Get clips to hold down the cloths so that wind does not blow them off.

  • To select both, click the first one, then hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and click on the second one.

  • Cynthia would attend the New Jersey wedding—thank God for Visa—while Fred and Dean would hold down Bird Song.

  • The strength of Mercia or Northumbria might be mustered for, a single battle, but could not supply a standing army to hold down the vanquished.

  • He worked forward into the Danelagh, building burhs as he advanced, to hold down each district that he won.

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Words Starting With

HHOHOL

Words Ending With

NWNOWN

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Words Starting With H and Ending With N

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