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{
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "holding down",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "held down",
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]
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}
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},
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}
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Please hold the noise down."
},
{
"text": "You hold him down while I search him."
}
],
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"To restrain; to check."
],
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],
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To restrain; to check."
],
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],
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "baisser"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "maintenir à terre"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "niederhalten"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "unterdrucken"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "lefog"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "féken tart"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "tenere a freno"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udérživatʹ",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "уде́рживать"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ugnetátʹ",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "угнета́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podavljátʹ",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "подавля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "retener"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "sujetar"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "detener"
}
]
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}
],
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{
"text": "I held down that job for years."
},
{
"text": "Thank you to everyone who's been holding us down while we've been going through this difficult time.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep, maintain; support."
],
"id": "en-hold_down-en-verb-d-ECSE~A",
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"continue",
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],
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],
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"support",
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],
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep, maintain; support."
],
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],
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"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "halten"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "sich halten in"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "betölt"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udérživatʹ",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "уде́рживать"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uderžátʹsja",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "удержа́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "seguir en"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "conservar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "mantenerse en"
}
]
}
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
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}
],
"word": "hold down"
}
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"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
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},
{
"form": "holding down",
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},
{
"form": "held down",
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}
],
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Please hold the noise down."
},
{
"text": "You hold him down while I search him."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To restrain; to check."
],
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"restrain",
"restrain"
],
[
"check",
"check"
]
],
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To restrain; to check."
],
"tags": [
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]
},
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
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{
"text": "I held down that job for years."
},
{
"text": "Thank you to everyone who's been holding us down while we've been going through this difficult time.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep, maintain; support."
],
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"continue",
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],
[
"keep",
"keep"
],
[
"maintain",
"maintain"
],
[
"support",
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep, maintain; support."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"transitive"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "baisser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "maintenir à terre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "niederhalten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "unterdrucken"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "lefog"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "féken tart"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "tenere a freno"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udérživatʹ",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "уде́рживать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ugnetátʹ",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "угнета́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podavljátʹ",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "подавля́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "retener"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "sujetar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "detener"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "halten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "sich halten in"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "betölt"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udérživatʹ",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "уде́рживать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uderžátʹsja",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "удержа́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "seguir en"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "conservar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to continue to hold",
"word": "mantenerse en"
}
],
"word": "hold down"
}
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