- hold down a job
- keep a job
He has a serious drinking problem and is unable to hold down a job.
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hold down a job
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hold down — 1) PHRASAL VERB: oft with brd neg If you hold down a job or a place in a team, you manage to keep it. [V P n (not pron)] He never could hold down a job... [V P n (not pron)] Constant injury problems had made it tough for him to hold down a… … English dictionary
hold down — /ˌhəυld daυn/ verb 1. to keep at a low level ● We are cutting margins to hold our prices down. 2. ♦ to hold down a job to manage to do a difficult job ▪▪▪ ‘…real wages have been held down; they have risen at an annual rate of only 1% in the last… … Dictionary of banking and finance
hold down — keep, stay at He has shown that he can hold down a job. He s reliable … English idioms
hold down — 1. Retain in spite of difficulties. 2. hold down a job Be employed … A concise dictionary of English slang
hold down the fort — (UK hold the fort) ► WORKPLACE to deal with a situation, or do someone s job, while they are away: »She went off on vacation, leaving me to hold down the fort. »Will you hold the fort while I go for lunch? Main Entry: ↑hold … Financial and business terms
hold down something — hold down (something) to succeed in keeping something. He s never been able to hold down a steady job. The film held down second place in the top five movies over the last weekend … New idioms dictionary
hold down — (something) to succeed in keeping something. He s never been able to hold down a steady job. The film held down second place in the top five movies over the last weekend … New idioms dictionary
hold down — ► hold down informal succeed in keeping (a job). Main Entry: ↑hold … English terms dictionary
hold down — verb 1. keep (Freq. 1) She manages to hold down two jobs • Hypernyms: ↑retain, ↑hold, ↑keep back, ↑hold back • Verb Frames: Somebody s something … Useful english dictionary
hold down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hold down : present tense I/you/we/they hold down he/she/it holds down present participle holding down past tense held down past participle held down 1) to hold someone who is lying down, so that they cannot… … English dictionary
