āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
keep down
/kËiËp dËaĘn/
to keep down
[phrase form: keep]
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āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āϏā§āϤāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to maintain something at a low level and prevent it from increasing
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Regular exercise can help keep down cholesterol levels.
āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§āϞā§āϏā§āĻā§āϰāϞā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻž āĻāĻŽ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
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āϧāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻŦāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to retain food or liquids in the stomach without throwing them up
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After experiencing severe nausea, he struggled to keep down his breakfast.
āϤā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻ
āύā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϤāĻāϰāĻžāĻļ āĻĒā§āĻā§ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āĻĒ āĻāϰāĻžāύā§
to restrict someone or a group from freely expressing themselves or asserting their opinions and rights
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Some societies have a history of trying to keep down certain minority groups.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻā§ āĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻāϞāĻŋāĻāĻŽ āĻāĻŽāĻžāύ
to control or lower the volume or intensity of something to prevent it from becoming too loud
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We need to keep the noise down in the library to maintain a quiet atmosphere.
āĻā§āϰāύā§āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻŽ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϞā§āĻāĻžāύā§
to lower or hide one's body to avoid being noticed
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When playing hide-and-seek, the children tried to keep down in the tall grass.
āϞā§āĻā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻž āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāϏ⧠āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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