HOLD-DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hold-down mean? 

• HOLD-DOWN (noun)
  The noun HOLD-DOWN has 1 sense:

1. a limitation or constraint

  Familiarity information: HOLD-DOWN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLD-DOWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A limitation or constraint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

taxpayers want a hold-down on government spending

Hypernyms ("hold-down" is a kind of...):

limitation; restriction (an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation))

Derivation:

hold down (restrain)