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keep back(verb, phrasal verb, stop, control)
11
hold back(verb, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
8
hush up(verb, phrasal verb, stop, cover)
7
put down(verb, phrasal verb, restrain, crush)
6
hold in(verb, control, make, force)
6
put out(verb, phrasal verb, suppress, extinguish)
5
black out(verb, phrasal verb, stop, show)
5
bottle up(verb, phrasal verb, stop, control)
5
cover up(verb, phrasal verb, stop, restrain)
5
sit on(verb, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
5
stop the breath(idiom, killing)
5
tone down(verb, phrasal verb, dull, quiet)
4
clamp down on(idiom, close, quiet, restrain)
4
crack down on(verb, idiom, quiet, restrain)
4
sit down on(idiom, silence, dampen, deaden)
4
snuff out(verb, restrain, crush, curb)
3
bank the fire
3
be in heat
3
choke off(verb, calm, dull, quiet)
3
cut off(verb, calm, dull, quiet)
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