hold down
Example Sentences
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It damped the volatility around what the Fed might do next, which in turn helped hold down interest rates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
And we spoke with a middle-aged woman with schizophrenia and panic disorder who lives with her brother’s family because she can’t hold down a job and fears being left alone in a nursing home.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
When you are rushing around, trying to do everything for your children and hold down a demanding job, how are there enough hours in the day?
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025
If employees can do a task faster and more productively with a better tool, they can hold down costs, and demand for these services might rise over time.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025
But if I can hold down Greasy Sae's concoction of mice meat, pig entrails, and tree bark -a winter specialty -I'm determined to hang on to this.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
