Examples of 'keep down' in a sentence

Meaning of "keep down"

To 'keep down' usually means to maintain or control something at a lower level or prevent it from rising or increasing. It can be used in various contexts, such as keeping down costs, keeping down noise, or even keeping down food (to avoid vomiting). It implies the action of restricting or suppressing something to maintain a desired state
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  • To repress.
  • To restrain or control (a sound).
  • To cause not to increase or rise.
  • Not to vomit.

How to use "keep down" in a sentence

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Keep down or they will get you.
Nobody could keep down that average.
Keep down inflation in the coming months.
We raise them to keep down the weeds.
To keep down cost of clothes for parents.
I could not even keep down ice chips.
Keep down the costs of car insurance.
Would help keep down the swelling.
The one no one can keep down.
Just to keep down the worker and.
And we would better keep down too.
Trying to keep down people with handicaps.
I think you would better keep down.
I could hardly keep down a cry of triumph.
All most people can keep down.

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This will keep down the guilt.
Keep down and not a sound.
If you want to keep down the line.
Keep down so they can not see you.
Higher prices to keep down foreign competition.
Tell them to make the children keep down.
And keep down the sway.
There are other ways to keep down population.
You keep down your heads.
Better if you would keep down that clatter.
This is no an ideal opportunity to keep down.
She can hardly keep down chicken broth.
I understand it was hard for roy to keep down a job.
You can keep down until we get to town.
Sea spits up what it can not keep down.
That is if you wanna keep down construction costs.
The righteous are hard to keep down.
It also helps to keep down external transport costs.
Better if you would keep down.
Keep down and no shooting.
If you want to keep down your f.
Keep down the phone.
Stay here and keep down.
They keep down high heating and cooling costs.
Hold tight and keep down.
Keep down over there.
Make sure you keep down.
We must keep down expenses.
Lodges also had incentives to keep down costs.
Alkies can barely keep down a peanut butter sandwich.
Cultivated occasionally in order to keep down the weeds.
I could not keep down even the mildest of foods.
Fisk is difficult to keep down though.
Keep down in a crouch.
Some of us just want to keep down the line.

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