"hold it down" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds it down",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding it down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held it down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held it down",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hold<,,held> it down"
      },
      "expansion": "hold it down (third-person singular simple present holds it down, present participle holding it down, simple past and past participle held it down)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "African-American Vernacular English",
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        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She'll never dump him, he knows how to hold it down.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hold up one's side in a relationship."
      ],
      "id": "en-hold_it_down-en-verb-yQ3QWABu",
      "links": [
        [
          "hold up",
          "hold up"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To hold up one's side in a relationship."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "word": "hold down"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'll be back, Dee, hold it down while I'm gone.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To maintain control of a situation or location."
      ],
      "id": "en-hold_it_down-en-verb-tcyPvrg1",
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To maintain control of a situation or location."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold it down"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"down\"",
    "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
    "English verbs",
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  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds it down",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding it down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held it down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held it down",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hold<,,held> it down"
      },
      "expansion": "hold it down (third-person singular simple present holds it down, present participle holding it down, simple past and past participle held it down)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hold down"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She'll never dump him, he knows how to hold it down.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hold up one's side in a relationship."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hold up",
          "hold up"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To hold up one's side in a relationship."
      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "I'll be back, Dee, hold it down while I'm gone.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To maintain control of a situation or location."
      ],
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        "(African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To maintain control of a situation or location."
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold it down"
}