keep sth down
— phrasal verb with keep uk/kiːp/us/kiːp/verb kept, kept
(FOOD)
to be able to eat or drink something without vomiting:
On the day after her operation she couldn't keep anything down.
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Vomiting & feelings of sickness
- barf
- bring
- bring sth up
- churn
- disgorge
- gag
- morning sickness
- motion sickness
- regurgitate
- repeat
- repeat on sb
- retch
- sick
- sick as a dog idiom
- sick sth up
- spew
- spit (sth) up
- throw
- throw (sth) up
- turn sb's stomach idiom
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(SIZE)
B2 to control the size or number of something and prevent it from increasing:
We need to work hard to keep our prices down.
I'm going to sleep, so will you try to keep the noise down?
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Limiting and restricting
- box sb in
- chain
- circumscribe
- clamp down on sth
- clampdown
- curb
- curtail
- damage limitation
- debilitate
- delimit
- hamstring
- hedge
- infringe
- localize
- muzzle
- non-proliferation
- qualification
- ration
- rationing
- stabilizer
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