'keep down' definitions:

Definition of 'keep down'

(from WordNet)
verb
Place a limit on the number of [syn: number, keep down]
verb
Put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce]
verb
Manage not to throw up [ant: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up]

Synonyms of 'keep down'

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