key down in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "keys down",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keying down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keyed down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keyed down",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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      "glosses": [
        "To lower in pitch, level, or intensity; to tone down."
      ],
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        [
          "tone down",
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        "(transitive) To lower in pitch, level, or intensity; to tone down."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "key up"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To relax."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, transitive) To relax."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "key down"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"down\"",
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      "form": "keys down",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "keying down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keyed down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "keyed down",
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        "past"
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      "glosses": [
        "To lower in pitch, level, or intensity; to tone down."
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          "pitch",
          "pitch"
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        "(transitive) To lower in pitch, level, or intensity; to tone down."
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        "transitive"
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        {
          "word": "key up"
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        "To relax."
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        "(figurative, transitive) To relax."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
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  "word": "key down"
}

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"key down" meaning in English

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