The dictatorial state keeps down its dissidents very efficiently.
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Keep down
Synonyms for "keep down" (104 found)
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deprive of freedomdespotizedisenfranchisedisfranchisedominatedomineerdomineer overdrownenslaveenthrallextinguishgaggrindgrind downhenpeckhold captivehold downhold in bondagehold in captivityhold in leash
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hold in subjectionintimidatejump onkeep underkilllead captivelord it overmake dependentmuzzleoppress
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Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom / Well, who am I to keep you down? / It's only right that you should play the way you feel it / But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness
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We must keep the noise down, or the neighbours will complain.
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Keep it down in there! Some of us are trying to sleep!
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