as in to limit
to set bounds or an upper limit for
efforts to hold down taxes keep running up against the legislature's ingrained unwillingness to cut spending
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Recent Examples of hold down
Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
Some House Republicans have also started to consider the possibility of extending the 2017 tax cuts for only a few years to hold down the cost of the legislation, according to lawmakers involved in the deliberations.
—Andrew Duehren, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
If the hold-down clamp is not tightened properly, the battery could move, allowing the positive terminal to contact the clamp and short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire, the company said.
—CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
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Verb
After the nurses each take a limb to hold down, Whitaker is able to inject the psych meds the guy needs, but not before the man pees all over him.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
Some House Republicans have also started to consider the possibility of extending the 2017 tax cuts for only a few years to hold down the cost of the legislation, according to lawmakers involved in the deliberations.
—Andrew Duehren, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
SpaceX tested the water deluge system several times since April, including on a pair of hold-down engine tests with the Super Heavy booster in August.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
If the hold-down clamp is not tightened properly, the battery could move, allowing the positive terminal to contact the clamp and short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire, the company said.
—CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hold down
Verb
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Last week, Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, announced on X the department canceled nearly $1 billion in educational research contracts, severely limiting the agency's data-collecting arm.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Since 2017, California's sanctuary state law, the California Values Act (SB 54), has limited local law enforcement's cooperation with federal immigration authorities.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Economic barriers, restricted access to education, and regressive gender norms create additional hurdles.—
Kath Mackay,
Forbes,
11 Feb. 2025
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In addition to the substantial challenges posed by ongoing economic uncertainty and climate change, the president's policies could further intensify the situation, potentially restricting development, altering affordability and shifting market dynamics in unpredictable ways.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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According to a 2017 land audit, white people, who comprised 8% of the population, owned about three-quarters of farms and agricultural holdings, while Black South Africans only owned 4%.—
Chad de Guzman,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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His stock holdings also include up to $250,000 in chip-designer NVIDIA, up to $250,000 in Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific, and up to $115,000 in a Bitcoin ETF.—
Lucien Bruggeman,
ABC News,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But since then, federal stimulus money has dried up, costs have increased and budgets have tightened.—
Nick Coltrain,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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Once again, the majority of doc filmmakers were struggling, and budgets tightened.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The game was on when Missouri held Texas A&M scoreless for more than five minutes to forge a 49-49 tie.—
Tom Murphy,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Vancouver’s Thomas Gradin and Ivan Hlinka each score against Red Wings goalie Gilles Gilbert in the third period of a 4-4 tie at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena. 1988 — Wayne Gretzky gets his NHL-record ninth 100-point season.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The animal was fitted with a collar containing a GPS tracker and released.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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The cloth cutters are mostly men; the sewers, who do the more complex engineering, such as the cuffs and collars, are mostly women.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Hold down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hold%20down. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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