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What is another word for
holding down
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Present participle for to confine or keep within certain limits or boundaries
Present participle for to continue and hold onto, typically a position or job
Present participle for to dominate or oppress
(
of a button on a device or machine
)
Present participle for to press down on
Present participle for to suppress or hide a secret or piece of information
Present participle for to restrain or immobilize (someone) by tying up or holding their arms or legs
Present participle for to fix or maintain something, such as prices, at a particular level or value
Present participle for to direct, handle, control, or be in charge of
Present participle for to load or burden with a heavy weight, literally or figuratively
Present participle for to forcibly put an end to
… more ▼
▲
Verb
▲
Present participle for to confine or keep within certain limits or boundaries
limiting
restricting
capping
confining
circumscribing
restraining
constraining
bridling
repressing
suppressing
keeping down
curbing
delimiting
keeping within the limits of
tying
controlling
regulating
bounding
setting limits on
prelimiting
imposing limits on
keeping within bounds
hindering
fettering
stymieing
checking
obstructing
impeding
hampering
inhibiting
constricting
trammelling
slowing
handicapping
hamstringing
encumbering
hobbling
trammeling
thwarting
narrowing down
cramping
interfering with
shackling
clogging
holding back
holding up
blocking
embarrassing
hog-tying
short-circuiting
retarding
handcuffing
straitening
holding
tying up
manacling
cumbering
frustrating
arresting
barring
slowing down
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
leashing
tying down
tying someone's hands
hanging up
putting straitjacket on
throwing monkey wrench in
forestalling
disrupting
catching
capturing
ensnaring
enmeshing
netting
snagging
tethering
moderating
hemming in
postponing
stalling
retardating
foiling
detaining
derailing
preventing
halting
deferring
protracting
interrupting
withholding
pausing
crippling
stopping
crimping
shelving
deterring
remitting
proroguing
standing in the way of
braking
holding over
putting back
bogging down
slowing up
bringing to screeching halt
getting in the way of
putting a brake on
holding off on
staving off
keeping back
choking
intermitting
closing off
prolonging
taking down
shutting down
making late
backing off
shutting off
putting off
delaying
choking off
setting back
more ❯
“Credit unions put enough pressure on banks to help
hold down
fees for everyone.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to continue and hold onto, typically a position or job
keeping
filling
maintaining
having
holding
occupying
retaining
assuming
hanging onto
keeping hold of
possessing
undertaking
taking on
taking over
engaging in
setting to
taking up
taking to
entering upon
setting about
adopting
embarking upon
“Apart from occasional spells of temporary work, William has not been able to
hold down
a job.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to dominate or oppress
dominating
oppressing
repressing
subduing
suppressing
tyrannising
UK
tyrannizing
US
subjugating
squashing
squelching
subjecting
keeping down
keeping under
keeping in subjection
keeping in submission
tyrannizing over
trampling on
keeping under thumb
persecuting
crushing
ruling with a rod of iron
ruling with an iron hand
intimidating
tormenting
coercing
enslaving
domineering over
trampling
trampling underfoot
treating harshly
riding roughshod over
grinding down
domineering
browbeating
bullying
maltreating
abusing
mastering
terrorizing
US
victimising
UK
dictating to
lording it over
bringing someone to their knees
ordering about
dictating
wronging
terrorising
UK
ruling despotically
treating brutally
pushing around
victimizing
US
ordering around
having someone under your thumb
overpowering
overcoming
torturing
plaguing
harassing
straining
walking all over
ruling over
ruling
chastening
controlling
putting screws to
despotizing
vexing
weighing heavy upon
annoying
overthrowing
besetting
beating down
riding
handicapping
pressing
picking on
scourging
encumbering
taxing
outraging
worrying
holding sway over
hounding
distressing
exploiting
putting upon
forcing
aggrieving
saddling
hegemonizing
harrying
ill-treating
mistreating
overwhelming
menacing
subordinating
putting down
threatening
overbearing
cowing
brutalizing
US
brutalising
UK
pushing about
kicking around
ill-using
messing over
punishing
excruciating
yoking
crucifying
scaring
disfranchising
manhandling
hectoring
frightening
misusing
disenfranchising
hobbling
depriving
mishandling
getting hooks into
playing the heavy with
conquering
steamrollering
gaining mastery over
gaining ascendancy over
gaining control of
bringing to heel
rendering helpless
rendering incapable
rendering powerless
more ❯
“To inspire awe and
hold
his people
down
on the authority gradient, this tyrant claims divine birth and magical gifts like writing a book a day and scoring eighteen holes-in-one in a single game of golf.”
Verb
▲
(
of a button on a device or machine
)
Present participle for to press down on
pushing
pressing
depressing
hitting
mashing
tapping
touching
holding
thrusting
nudging
squeezing
jabbing
squishing
poking
shoving
squashing
striking
ramming
pressing down
pushing down
bearing down on
exerting pressure on
thumbing
levelling
UK
leveling
US
weighing upon
weighing on
clicking
compressing
pinioning
pinning
wedging
jamming
forcing
cramming
packing
tacking
moving
downbearing
smooshing
flattening
smushing
pinning down
forcing down
bearing down
bearing heavily
leaning on
moving downward
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to suppress or hide a secret or piece of information
bottling up
repressing
suppressing
hiding
concealing
containing
controlling
stifling
swallowing
withholding
boxing up
checking
corking
covering up
holding back
inhibiting
keeping feeling inside oneself
keeping secret
restraining
smothering
curbing
holding in
choking back
keeping back
keeping in
reining in
biting back
shutting in
fighting back
keeping a lid on
keeping in check
buttoning up
corking up
constraining
bridling
restricting
limiting
regulating
taming
holding
governing
impeding
retarding
hindering
moderating
keeping
measuring
keeping under control
ruling
putting a brake on
pulling in
stemming the flow of
slowing down
obstructing
thwarting
hampering
barring
trammelling
trammeling
blocking
preventing
frustrating
foiling
fettering
stemming
muffling
reducing
curtailing
reining
baulking
UK
strangling
muzzling
gagging
straitening
tying up
cooling off
interfering with
keeping the lid on
keeping down
denying
balking
US
keeping lid on
keeping within bounds
putting half nelson on
dampening
cooling
staying
reining back
killing
sitting on
cracking down
pulling back
bringing under control
holding in check
keeping in line
handicapping
encumbering
stopping
stymieing
cramping
sinking
holding off
submerging
shackling
internalizing
US
stewing
mulling over
internalising
UK
hobbling
clogging
handcuffing
manacling
slowing
embarrassing
stalling
prohibiting
averting
interdicting
subduing
debarring
forbidding
outlawing
disciplining
deterring
pegging
freezing
sandbagging
enjoining
fazing
warding
short-circuiting
hog-tying
hanging up
putting on brakes
throwing a spanner in the works
holding up
entrammeling
entrammelling
bringing to screeching halt
boxing in
keeping tight rein on
putting the brakes on
cutting back
keeping a tight rein on
putting a limit on
cooling down
delaying
neutralizing
US
pausing
terminating
interrupting
squelching
cutting short
bottlenecking
counteracting
staunching
standing in the way of
braking
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
discouraging
repulsing
choking
circumventing
nipping in the bud
checkmating
slackening pace
playing for time
bringing to a standstill
rebuffing
neutralising
UK
arresting
pocketing
quashing
halting
cutting off
quelling
silencing
quenching
damming
mastering
deadening
simmering down
hushing up
toning down
gulping back
closing
barricading
composing
blockading
overcoming
blocking up
stopping up
harboring
US
collecting
diminishing
lessening
decreasing
extinguishing
putting a lid on
harbouring
UK
jamming
occluding
clogging up
stanching
shutting off
bunging up
plugging up
disguising
damping down
squashing
dissembling
veiling
biting one's lip
cloaking
mellowing
keeping dark
burying
keeping quiet about
suspending
plugging
retaining
ceasing
caulking
closing out
blocking out
closing up
stuffing
laying off
closing off
choking up
jamming up
stoppering
blocking off
calming
choking off
bottling
suffocating
softening
mitigating
masking
screening
overpowering
cushioning
drowning
belying
not telling
putting a stop to
putting an end to
hiding from view
damping
not giving away
resisting
easing
getting under control
secreting
keeping under wraps
reserving
blotting out
papering over
shielding
snuffing
keeping unknown
guarding
keeping mum about
keeping under your hat
confining
drawing a veil over
keeping cover
clotting
putting damper on
conquering
gulping
keeping control of
keeping on a string
keeping a rein on
opposing
withstanding
getting the better of
fighting
gaining control over
delimiting
gaining mastery over
shushing
detaining
keeping inside
blacking out
quelching
shutting down
stamping out
blunting
alleviating
dulling
crushing
tempering
licking
interning
snuffing out
modulating
relieving
cracking down on
putting down
slapping down
clamping down on
quietening down
refusing
holding off on
discontinuing
making less active
deflating
buttressing
muting
soaking up
getting rid of
putting a damper on
lightening
lowering
absorbing
taking the edge off
quietening
harshing
depressing
protecting
putting on hold
putting on ice
refusing to pay
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
settling
re-collecting
ending
quitting
monitoring
adjusting
capping
finishing
knocking off
leaving off
breaking
bringing to a close
breaking up
desisting from
bringing to a stop
blowing the whistle on
dropping
packing in
bringing to an end
putting a cork in
packing up
pulling the plug on
putting the kibosh on
giving over
cutting out
winding up
breaking off
closing down
cornering
lulling
rallying
stilling
inspecting
recovering
quieting
tranquilizing
US
censoring
sweeping under the rug
keeping quiet
glossing over
sweeping under the carpet
keeping in the dark
setting limits on
imposing limits on
tranquillising
UK
sealing
filling up
filling
packing
intercepting
shutting out
bunging
stonewalling
congesting
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to restrain or immobilize (someone) by tying up or holding their arms or legs
pinning down
restraining
pinioning
immobilising
UK
immobilizing
US
holding
trapping
pinning
constraining
holding fast
pressing
binding
shackling
fettering
chaining
manacling
handcuffing
trammelling
trammeling
securing
gyving
enfettering
tying
tethering
enchaining
cuffing
fastening
lashing
trussing
hobbling
roping
confining
trussing up
chaining up
tying up
putting in irons
leashing
clapping in irons
putting in chains
tying down
strapping
hog-tying
harnessing
hogtying
hogtieing
tying someone's hands
holding captive
putting a straitjacket on
hitching
girding
mooring
enslaving
entrapping
tightening
clapping
putting handcuffs on
fixing
cinching
jailing
US
banding
gaoling
UK
stringing
bundling
having on a tight leash
entrammeling
entrammelling
snaring
hitching up
putting a lead on
clipping someone's wings
putting a leash on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fix or maintain something, such as prices, at a particular level or value
pegging
fixing
freezing
setting
controlling
holding
limiting
keeping down
restricting
curbing
checking
confining
capping
regulating
circumscribing
delimiting
restraining
arresting
inhibiting
keeping within bounds
setting a limit on
putting a ceiling on
mothballing
immobilising
UK
immobilizing
US
holding up
demarcating
bounding
barring
hindering
constraining
constricting
trammelling
fettering
trammeling
bridling
cramping
governing
terminating
straitening
prescribing
specifying
demarking
hampering
girdling
delimitating
defining
corking
tying down
holding in check
placing a limit on
hemming in
keeping within limits
bottling up
keeping the lid on
keeping a tight rein on
drawing the line on
putting a brake on
marking off
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to direct, handle, control, or be in charge of
managing
handling
directing
running
conducting
governing
administering
controlling
overseeing
supervising
guiding
ruling
superintending
commanding
heading
organising
UK
organizing
US
manipulating
operating
presiding over
regulating
addressing
administrating
fielding
influencing
leading
maintaining
maneuvering
US
manoeuvring
UK
negotiating
overlooking
stewarding
tending to
dominating
hacking
keeping
mastering
ministering
officiating
piloting
steering
taking
bossing
captaining
carrying on
executing
instructing
micromanaging
plying
treating
watching
working
heading up
taking forward
wielding
calling upon
caring for
engaging in
taking over
watching over
being in charge
calling the shots
calling the shots in
calling the tune in
running the show
taking the helm
dealing with
looking after
tending
doing
performing
undertaking
quarterbacking
juggling
running things
taking care of
ruling over
pulling the strings
pulling the wires
holding the reins
coping with
fitting in
sorting out
ministering to
taking in hand
sitting on top of
being responsible for
calling the tune
carrying out
exercising control over
riding herd on
being in the saddle
coordinating
skippering
masterminding
inspecting
orchestrating
ordering
presiding
engineering
being in the driving seat
holding sway over
keeping an eye on
minding
ordaining
chaperoning
attending
chairing
moderating
swaying
driving
taking charge of
having control of
owning
monitoring
implementing
helming
prosecuting
advising
officiating at
reigning
settling
marshaling
US
reigning over
marshalling
UK
shepherding
spearheading
attending to
transacting
seeing to
taking the reins
tyrannizing
US
navigating
tyrannising
UK
taking the chair
determining
holding office
cracked the whip
calling the signals
keeping tabs on
observing
keeping up
guarding
wielding baton
eyeing
eying
tilling
disposing
managing operations
refereeing
umpiring
herding
shielding
protecting
safeguarding
defending
baby-sitting
keeping one's eye on
having the say
controlling the affairs of
pointing in the right direction
putting on the right track
fronting
managing people
calling the play
maintaining order
hegemonizing
coaching
holding dominion over
prevailing over
exercising power
having charge of
officering
leading the way
having authority over
assuming command of
taking the reins of
domineering
having authority
exercising authority over
sitting
overruling
rendering
funnelling
UK
coxswaining
trailblazing
channeling
US
channelling
UK
pointing
beaconing
funneling
US
doing the honors
taking control of
assuming command
occupying throne
wearing the crown
serving the people
exercising authority
holding dominion
laying down the law
holding sway
having a handle on
making
policing
committing
legislating
checking
arranging
methodizing
standardizing
US
compassing
occasioning
tempering
systematizing
US
accomplishing
standardising
UK
legalising
UK
squaring
normalizing
US
legalizing
US
normalising
UK
readjusting
classifying
reconciling
rectifying
fixing
adapting
systematising
UK
fitting
carrying off
drawing on
resulting in
making ready
translating into
putting through
bringing on
circumnavigating
pulling things together
putting in order
keeping a tab on
checking up on
making conform
keeping a beady eye on
enacting
cruising
sailing
ferrying
conning
effectuating
charting
taking the helm of
plotting
riding out
heading out
boating
shipping out
discharging
concluding
pulling off
working out
buttoning up
thrashing out
doing business
sewing up
running with the ball
buttoning down
hammering out
wrapping up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to load or burden with a heavy weight, literally or figuratively
weighing down
cumbering
encumbering
burdening
charging
overburdening
overloading
pressing
weighting
preying on
bearing down
loading down
pressing down
pulling down
weighing upon
adding weight to
Verb
▲
Present participle for to forcibly put an end to
suppressing
repressing
checking
subduing
quashing
quelling
stopping
squashing
crushing
squelching
extinguishing
ending
silencing
overcoming
halting
killing
terminating
destroying
arresting
inhibiting
abolishing
defeating
annihilating
conquering
stemming
quenching
overpowering
vanquishing
overwhelming
overturning
interrupting
burying
discontinuing
overthrowing
cowing
bottling
clamping
dominating
shushing
spiking
trampling
cracking down on
putting down
snuffing out
putting an end to
stamping out
clamping down on
putting the lid on
slapping down
cutting off
blocking out
putting out
beating down
trampling on
triumphing over
driving underground
holding in
keeping in
keeping inside
sitting on
bringing to naught
putting kibosh on
putting lid on
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holding down a job
holding everything
holding fast
holding fast to
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