Hold down
Hold down verb - To set bounds or an upper limit for.
Both terms in one sentence
- Some dumbass younger brother, say, who knocked up the pastor's daughter, can't hold down a job and his home-away is a jail cell?
Source: My Country, Right or Wrong
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