tamp down

C2 Topic:Cause, Change & Process Phrasal verb

Base verb: tamp

Meanings

1
verb
to press a loose material firmly into a compact layer
Phrasal verb · Separable

tamp down something / tamp something down

Usage: For physical compaction, put the loose material before or after down; a pronoun precedes down: tamp it down.

She tamped down the soil around the plant, then tried to tamp down her excitement about the first flowers.
Sources and attribution

OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook
- The Missing Workbook: original construction review
She tamped down the soil around the plant, then tried to tamp down her excitement about the first flowers.
2
verb
to reduce the strength of a feeling, reaction, or activity
Phrasal verb · Separable

tamp down something / tamp something down

Usage: For figurative suppression, put the feeling, reaction or activity before or after down; a pronoun precedes down: tamp it down.

She tamped down the soil around the plant, then tried to tamp down her excitement about the first flowers.
Sources and attribution

OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook
- The Missing Workbook: original construction review
She tamped down the soil around the plant, then tried to tamp down her excitement about the first flowers.

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Word family

Forms tamped down

Related forms tamp

Topics

Cause, Change & Process

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# tamp down

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb

## Meanings
1. to press a loose material firmly into a compact layer
2. to reduce the strength of a feeling, reaction, or activity

## Usage Notes
- to press a loose material firmly into a compact layer: For physical compaction, put the loose material before or after down; a pronoun precedes down: tamp it down.
- to reduce the strength of a feeling, reaction, or activity: For figurative suppression, put the feeling, reaction or activity before or after down; a pronoun precedes down: tamp it down.

## Examples
- She tamped down the soil around the plant, then tried to tamp down her excitement about the first flowers.
- She tamped down the soil around the plant, then tried to tamp down her excitement about the first flowers.
- She tamped down the soil around the plant, then tried to tamp down her excitement about the first flowers.
- She tamped down the soil around the plant, then tried to tamp down her excitement about the first flowers.

## Related Forms
- tamp

## Learning Sources
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors, with original notes and examples. Learning notes: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- [The Missing Workbook: original construction review](https://github.com/barisozmen/rails_english)

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process

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