phrasal verb

Hold down

Letter HInseparable

2Sections

Keep a job

Meanings

  • Keep a job (separable [optional], International English)
  • Stop someone or something from moving (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

  • He's so unreliable that he can never HOLD DOWN a job for more than a couple of months.
  • It took four of us to HOLD him DOWN and stop the fight.

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