Fix
Hold down
Hold down verb - To set bounds or an upper limit for.
Both terms in one sentence
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He smashes three windows of his house while trying to put a ladder against it to fix a chimney pot, and cannot hold down a job for more than a day without losing or breaking or otherwise damaging something.
Source: Literature / Mr. Men
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