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keep the rent low

keep the rent low is the alternative form of keep the rent down.

Meaning of keep the rent down

Verb

keep the rent down (third-person singular simple present keeps the rent down, present participle keeping the rent down, simple past and past participle kept the rent down)

  1. (Internet, idiomatic, slang) To deter undesirables from a space, especially through intentionally off-putting behavior.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see keep, the, rent, down.

Forms of keep the rent low

third-person singular presentkeeps the rent low
present participlekeeping the rent low
past participlekept the rent low
pastkept the rent low

Questions about keep the rent low

What is keep the rent low the alternative form of?
Keep the rent low is the alternative form of keep the rent down.

Words near keep the rent low in the dictionary

  1. keep the pace
  2. keep the peace
  3. keep the pot boiling
  4. keep the powder dry
  5. keep the rent down
  6. keep the rent low
  7. keep the show on the road
  8. keep the wolf from the door
  9. keep time
  10. keep to
  11. keep to one's knitting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: keep the rent low (page history and authors); keep the rent down (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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