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kept under

kept under is the simple past and past participle 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 kept under

What is kept under the simple past and past participle of?
Kept under is the simple past and past participle of keep under.

Words near kept under in the dictionary

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

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