keep down

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keep down

1. hillitä, pitää alhaalla t. matalalla tasolla

   The government expects this to keep prices down.

   We need to keep down public borrowing.

   Please try to keep the noise down.

2. pitää t. pysyä alhaalla, näkymättömissä

   Keep down! There are enemy sharpshooters here.

   Keep your heads down.

3. alistaa, evätä oikeudet

   For centuries, men have kept women down.

   Moscow no longer could keep the nationalities down.

4. pitää sisällään (oksentamatta)

   The patient doesn't keep anything down.