Usually means: Maintain control or position securely.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word hold down:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. hold-down, hold down: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. hold-down: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. hold down: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hold-down, hold down: Vocabulary.com
  5. hold-down: Wordnik
  6. hold-down, hold down: Wiktionary
  7. hold-down, hold down: Dictionary.com
  8. Hold down (structural engineering): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. hold-down, hold down: Rhymezone
  10. hold-down, hold down: Free Dictionary
  11. hold-down, hold down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. hold-down, hold down: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hold down (disambiguation), hold-down, hold down: Legal dictionary
  2. hold down: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hold down: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hold down: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hold down: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hold down: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Hold Down: Glossary of Woodworking Terms

(Note: See hold_downs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hold down)

verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To restrain; to check.
verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep; maintain; support.

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