keep down
verb
kept down; keeping down; keeps down
1
: to keep in control
keep expenses down
2
: to prevent from growing, advancing, or succeeding
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Some would allow for cheap fuel but would increase the cost of vehicles; others would be able to keep down the cost of both.
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Gal Luft, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
One of the more high-profile fights in Annapolis these days is the dispute over how best to keep down the cost of electricity.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024
Aries March 21 – April 19 The fire within might be hard to keep down.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
Apple’s skill at keeping down the price of the SE is to take an earlier design and change it almost not at all apart from color, perhaps.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
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Gal Luft, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
One of the more high-profile fights in Annapolis these days is the dispute over how best to keep down the cost of electricity.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024
Aries March 21 – April 19 The fire within might be hard to keep down.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
Apple’s skill at keeping down the price of the SE is to take an earlier design and change it almost not at all apart from color, perhaps.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
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“Keep down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20down. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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