keep down
Example Sentences
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The theory at the time was that the market needed a fourth competitor to keep down prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Even though, objectively speaking, that smoothie looks like something I would not be able to keep down, it means something to them.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026
"For businesses, effective competition in general search would help keep down the costs of search advertising, in turn leading to lower prices across the economy," the CMA said.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
One issue the neighbourhood teams are homing in on is loneliness - they have identified this as a way to keep down hospital numbers.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025
Given passenger pigeons’ Brobdingnagian appetites for mast and maize, one would expect that Indians would also have hunted them and wanted to keep down their numbers.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
