to tamp down
5
5.7
- phrasal verb
- /tæmp daʊn/
:
reducir
- Swedish/Issaquah earned plaudits for efforts to tamp down energy consumption—a challenge for a hospital operating 24/7.
- tamp down the violence
- tamp down expectations
- tamp down anger
So it has its own secretory factors that tamp down the immune system.
- So it has its own secretory factors that tamp down the immune system.
- These big and small fears weigh on him, and he tamps down the worries by calling out to her again.
- But with enough wine, I really tamped it down.
- And I could see if it's not sinister in that way, like, oh, let's tamp down on free speech, which it usually isn't.
- And so when I tell people is the worst thing you can do is to try and repress it and tamp it down, right?
- So people are trying to promote freedom and diversity, and yet they want to tamp down anybody who might disagree with them.
- So if if you can give some like you know, the steroid that was recently published it, it works by tamping down the inflammatory response to infection.
- And the family so obsessed with keeping the peace is asking this person who had all their food thrown out to pretty much tamp down their own emotions.
- So neutrons tamp down the resistive forces and they act as a sort of a glue for the nucleus.
- Shackleton famously imposed strong leadership, like he there was someone who challenged his leadership and he tamped down on that.
Examples
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We were leaving a meeting, still talking about selecting other translators to keep the chaos in the camp tamped down a bit.
Fiction book (1994) -
To prevent panic, officials worked to tamp down rumors about the impending layoffs.
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So people are trying to promote freedom and diversity, and yet they want to tamp down anybody who might disagree with them.
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These big and small fears weigh on him, and he tamps down the worries by calling out to her again.
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Like, there are all these small acts of rebellion happening, and regimes have to try so hard to tamp down on all of that.
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And the family so obsessed with keeping the peace is asking this person who had all their food thrown out to pretty much tamp down their own emotions.
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If they were hoping that this official sniping tactic would tamp down the demonstrations, the Baath security officials were wrong.
Blog text (14) -
It is hoped that these moves will help tamp down rising anti-Americanism in South Korea, which has been palpable in recent years.
Academic text (2007) -
She tried to tamp down her excitement before the big announcement.
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He took a deep breath to tamp down his anger during the heated discussion.
Synonyms
962
1.0
Make a person or animal less upset
88
5.8
To hold back feelings or reactions
68
3.0
To make something less wild or strong
64
5.8
To make a sound or feeling quieter so it is less noticeable
49
5.3
To hold back a feeling or reaction so it does not show
44
3.7
To make something less strong, for example a sound, color or feeling
39
6.0
To stop a feeling or sound from being shown
35
7.7
To stop a strong feeling or a crowd causing trouble
34
2.8
To make something smaller in amount or strength
29
4.5
Make a tense or dangerous situation calmer
23
6.8
To become less strong or severe and to make something do the same
16
4.4
Make something less strong or noticeable, for example sound and feeling
14
4.1
Make something, like a taste, sound, or plan, less strong
11
7.8
Completely stop protests or criticism
11
5.8
Make something less fun or exciting
7
6.1
To stop a feeling or action completely
5
9.9
To hold back strong feelings or excitement
4
4.1
To make a feeling, sound, or action less strong
3
5.5
To make a feeling, sound, or pain less strong
3
4.6
Make someone or something less noisy and calmer
To make a conflict or tense situation less dangerous and calmer
To stop someone from feeling excited
Antonyms
How Suppressed
- Formal
8
8.1
176
4.8
5
5.7
16
4.4
59
5.3
44
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to reduce or suppress' is directly derivable from combining 'tamp' (to press or compact) with 'down' (to a lower position); the physical image of pressing something down straightforwardly maps to reducing intensity. This compositional, motion/pressure-based logic is common cross-linguistically and follows standard particle-verb patterns, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Tamp down also makes a simple picture: to tamp feelings or rumors down is like holding them under a lid so they are quieter and do not come out. So, it means 'to reduce the intensity of something or suppress it.'.