From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
keep down
v 1: place a limit on the number of [syn: {number}, {keep down}]
2: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes
any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents
very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the
peasants working the land" [syn: {repress}, {quash}, {keep
down}, {subdue}, {subjugate}, {reduce}]
3: manage not to throw up [ant: {barf}, {be sick}, {cast},
{cat}, {chuck}, {disgorge}, {honk}, {puke}, {purge},
{regorge}, {regurgitate}, {retch}, {sick}, {spew}, {spue},
{throw up}, {upchuck}, {vomit}, {vomit up}]
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