keep under en · VERB
Meanings
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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| keeps under | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| kept under | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| kept under | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| keeping under | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |