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keep one's voice down

keep one's voice down verb: to hush or speak; softly or quietly.

Verb

keep one's voice down (third-person singular simple present keeps one's voice down, present participle keeping one's voice down, simple past and past participle kept one's voice down)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To hush or speak; softly or quietly.

Forms of keep one's voice down

third-person singular presentkeeps one's voice down
present participlekeeping one's voice down
past participlekept one's voice down
pastkept one's voice down

Questions about keep one's voice down

What does keep one's voice down mean?
Keep one's voice down means to hush or speak; softly or quietly.
What part of speech is keep one's voice down?
Keep one's voice down is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep one's voice down?
The past tense of keep one's voice down is kept one's voice down.

Words near keep one's voice down in the dictionary

  1. keep one's shirt on
  2. keep one's side of the bargain
  3. keep one's stick on the ice
  4. keep one's temper
  5. keep one's tits on
  6. keep one's voice down
  7. keep one's wits about one
  8. keep one's word
  9. keep oneself to oneself
  10. keep order
  11. keep out

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