hold sb/sth down
— phrasal verb with hold uk/həʊld/us/hoʊld/verb held, held
to keep someone or something in a particular place or position and to stop him, her, or it from moving:
He was struggling so much it took three officers to hold him down.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Immobility
- be locked in sth
- boxed in
- budge
- catatonic
- firm
- glue
- grind to a halt/standstill idiom
- hold
- jam
- jammed
- motionless
- move
- not move a muscle idiom
- rest
- rock-solid
- sedentary
- stagnant
- static
- transfix
- unwavering
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