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hold down - translation to russian
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Hold-down; Holddown (disambiguation); Hold down (disambiguation)
hold down
['həuld'daun]
общая лексика
удерживать в нажатом состоянии
клавишу
держать в подчинении
фразовый глагол
общая лексика
не давать подняться
не давать вырваться
держать (особ. в лежачем положении)
держать в подчинении
угнетать
подавлять
удерживать
сохранять (положение)
hold down
прижимать (верхний лист к стопе)
hold down
hold down а) держать в подчинении The whole nation was held down by the cruel rule of the former king. б) удержать, не потерять to hold down a job не потерять место, удержаться в должности
Definition
hold down
1.
If you hold down a job or a place in a team, you manage to keep it.
He never could hold down a job...
Constant injury problems had made it tough for him to hold down a regular first team place.
PHRASAL VERB: oft with brd-neg, V P n (not pron), V P n (not pron), also V n P
2.
If you hold someone down, you keep them under control and do not allow them to have much freedom or power or many rights.
Everyone thinks there is some vast conspiracy wanting to hold down the younger generation.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)
Wikipedia
Hold down
Hold down may refer to:
- pinning hold, in grappling.
- hold down, a steel device in structural engineering.
- Holdfast, a type of clamp on a woodworking workbench.
Examples of use of hold down
1. Picco said the system was not ideal but was necessary to hold down costs.
2. "Globalisation helps to hold down inflationary pressures and makes your paycheque go further."
3. The LCBO maintains that its buying power enables it to hold down prices.
4. Without them he says he would not be able to hold down a job.
5. Curfews and increased troop levels appeared to hold down retaliatory attacks.
