hold down
- pitää alhaalla t. maassa
- If can't hold him down if he has a tantrum. He's too big and strong.
- hillitä, pitää kurissa
- The government hasn't managed to hold down inflation.
- I could no longer hold down my emotions.
- alistaa, pitää alistetussa asemassa, tukahduttaa
- It was impossible for Moscow to hold down the nationalities any longer.
- Previously suppressed social groups cannot be held down in modern society.
- onnistua pitämään (työpaikka)
- He never managed to hold down a job. He always got fired.
- pystyä olemaan oksentamatta, pitää mahassa
- I can't hold down food...or anything.
- The patient is unable to hold down certain foods.
