tamp down (English, verb)
expansion: tamp down (third-person singular simple present tamps down, present participle tamping down, simple past and past participle tamped down)
Senses:
glosses: To compact a substance (usually soil) until it is flat.
glosses: To suppress or reduce (something, usually an emotion or thought).
tags: broadly
idiomatic
Forms:
form: tamps down
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tamping down
tags: participle
present
form: tamped down
tags: participle
past
form: tamped down
tags: past