Keep down and Release

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Keep down verb - Place a limit on the number of.

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Release is an antonym for keep down in topics: depress, hold back, silence, make or be quiet.

Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).

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Keep down is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

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Release and Keep down. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_down/release

Keep down & Release. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_down/release>.

Release or Keep down. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_down/release.

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