hold down
Example Sentences
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Plus, the Federal Reserve plans to buy hundreds of billions of short-term Treasury bonds annually, another move that would pump money into the financial system and hold down rates.
From Barron's
The move in silver is ‘less of a one-off spike and more of a long overdue repricing of an asset that had been held down for more than a decade.’
From MarketWatch
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
The government also said the move is intended to "directly limit inflation" by holding down "a major component of everyday costs".
From BBC
Meanwhile, millions of unionized 9-to-5 jobs have disappeared, leaving many Americans working longer shifts, holding down multiple jobs or picking up ad hoc work in the gig economy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.