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Значение идиомы keep down
[keep down] {v.} Keep from progressing or growing; keep withinlimits; control.
The children could not keep their voices down.
We hoe the garden to keep down the weeds.
You can’t keep a goodman down.
Compare: GET AHEAD.
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