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keeping under

keeping under is the present participle and gerund of keep under.

Meaning of keep under

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.
    • In many places the local contingents of the army of “three million beggars” were regarded simply as animals to be kept under and exploited […]1956, Carlile Aylmer Macartney, October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary, 1929–1945, volume 1, page 68

Questions about keeping under

What is keeping under the present participle and gerund of?
Keeping under is the present participle and gerund of keep under.

Words near keeping under in the dictionary

  1. keeping to
  2. keeping to one's knitting
  3. keeping to oneself
  4. keeping together
  5. keeping tryst
  6. keeping under
  7. keeping up
  8. keeping up appearances
  9. keeping up with
  10. keeping up with the Joneses
  11. keeping up with the times

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