tamp down

English

Verb

tamp down (third-person singular simple present tamps down, present participle tamping down, simple past and past participle tamped down)

  1. To compact a substance (usually soil) until it is flat.
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To suppress (something, usually an emotion or thought).
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