keep down

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action d'empêcher quelque chose de monter, d'augmenter ou d'attirer l'attention, ou bien de réprimer ou de contrôler quelque chose.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of preventing something from rising, increasing, or being noticed; or to suppress or control something.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Control or limitinformal

   To prevent something from increasing or becoming too high.

   contenir, limiter

   • We need to keep down the noise in the library.
   • The government is trying to keep down inflation.
   • Please keep down your voice during the movie.

   Synonymescapcheckcontaincontrolcurbhold downlimitreducerestrainsuppress

   Antonymesboostelevateescalateincreaseraise

2. Suppress or oppressformal

   To prevent a group of people from having power or freedom.

   Réprimer ou opprimer

   • The regime kept down the opposition with force.
   • They tried to keep down the rebellion.
   • Minorities were kept down for decades.

   Synonymescrushdominateoppressquellrepresssubjugatesuppresstyrannize

   Antonymesemancipatefreeliberaterelease

3. Retain food or drinkinformal

   To manage to eat or drink without vomiting.

   Garder (un aliment) dans l'estomac

   • She was so sick she couldn't keep down any food.
   • He managed to keep down the medicine.
   • The patient could only keep down clear liquids.

   Synonymeshold downretain

Verbe de basekeep