hold down

hold down
transitive verb
1) festhalten; (repress) unterdrücken; niederhalten [Volk]; (fig.): (keep at low level) niedrig halten [Preise, Löhne usw.]
2) (keep) sich halten in (+ Dat.) [Stellung, Position]
* * *
(to keep or be allowed to stay in (a job): He is incapable of holding down a job.) behalten
* * *
◆ hold down
vt
1. (keep in place)
▪ to \hold down down ⇆ sb/sth jdn/etw festhalten; (keep near the ground) etw niederhalten
2. (keep low)
▪ to \hold down down ⇆ sth levels, prices etw niedrig halten
3. (stay in work)
to \hold down down a job sich in einer Stellung halten
4. (control, suppress)
▪ to \hold down down ⇆ sb/sth jdn/etw unterdrücken
5. (be quiet)
to \hold down down ⇆ the noise leise[r] sein, nicht so viel Lärm machen
hey, \hold down it down over there! (fam) hey, Ruhe da drüben! fam
* * *
hold down v/t
1. niederhalten, fig auch unterdrücken
2. umg
a) einen Posten haben
b) sich in einer Stellung, einem Amt halten
3. US umg sich kümmern um
* * *
transitive verb
1) festhalten; (repress) unterdrücken; niederhalten [Volk]; (fig.): (keep at low level) niedrig halten [Preise, Löhne usw.]
2) (keep) sich halten in (+ Dat.) [Stellung, Position]
* * *
v.
festhalten v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Schlagen Sie auch in anderen Wörterbüchern nach:

  • hold-down — (hōldʹdoun ) n. 1. a. The act of holding down. b. A limit or restraint: “Voters want a hold down on the Federal budget” (Newsweek). 2. Something, such as a clamp, used to hold an object in place. * * * …   Universalium

  • Hold down — may refer to: * A pinning hold in grappling. * A hold down is a steel device in structural engineering …   Wikipedia

  • hold down — (something) to succeed in keeping something. He s never been able to hold down a steady job. The film held down second place in the top five movies over the last weekend …   New idioms dictionary

  • hold down — ► hold down informal succeed in keeping (a job). Main Entry: ↑hold …   English terms dictionary

  • hold|down — «HOHLD DOWN», noun. U.S. the prevention of rises or increases so far as possible or convenient; repression: »a holddown on all spending …   Useful english dictionary

  • hold down — index constrain (restrain), dominate, extinguish, subject Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • hold down — verb 1. keep (Freq. 1) She manages to hold down two jobs • Hypernyms: ↑retain, ↑hold, ↑keep back, ↑hold back • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …   Useful english dictionary

  • hold down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hold down : present tense I/you/we/they hold down he/she/it holds down present participle holding down past tense held down past participle held down 1) to hold someone who is lying down, so that they cannot… …   English dictionary

  • hold down — 1) PHRASAL VERB: oft with brd neg If you hold down a job or a place in a team, you manage to keep it. [V P n (not pron)] He never could hold down a job... [V P n (not pron)] Constant injury problems had made it tough for him to hold down a… …   English dictionary

  • hold down — /ˌhəυld daυn/ verb 1. to keep at a low level ● We are cutting margins to hold our prices down. 2. ♦ to hold down a job to manage to do a difficult job ▪▪▪ ‘…real wages have been held down; they have risen at an annual rate of only 1% in the last… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

  • hold down — 1) they will hold down inflation Syn: keep down, keep low, freeze, fix 2) informal she held down two jobs Syn: occupy, have, do, fill 3) the people can be held down only so long …   Thesaurus of popular words

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”