hold it down

English

Verb

hold it down (third-person singular simple present holds it down, present participle holding it down, simple past and past participle held it down)

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To hold up one's side in a relationship.

   She'll never dump him, he knows how to hold it down.

2. (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To maintain control of a situation or location.

   I'll be back, Dee, hold it down while I'm gone.

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