Search Result for "hold down":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. keep;
- Example: "She manages to hold down two jobs"

2. restrain;
- Example: "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hold down
    v 1: keep; "She manages to hold down two jobs"
    2: restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors
       can sleep"