"hold it down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: holds it down [present, singular, third-person], holding it down [participle, present], held it down [participle, past], held it down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> it down}} hold it down (third-person singular simple present holds it down, present participle holding it down, simple past and past participle held it down)
  1. (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To hold up one's side in a relationship. Tags: intransitive, slang Related terms: hold down
    Sense id: en-hold_it_down-en-verb-yQ3QWABu Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 39
  2. (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To maintain control of a situation or location. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-hold_it_down-en-verb-tcyPvrg1 Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English

Inflected forms

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        "(African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To hold up one's side in a relationship."
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