tamp down

To push something down hard to make it smaller or less powerful.

"He tamped down the earth around the newly planted tree."

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The Time the US Sent 813 Soldiers to Cut Down One Tree

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tamp down continued hand-to-hand

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Andrew Huberman · 66:45

to try and tamp down the stress response,

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Raj Shamani · 111:36

tamp down and put everything in check again

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Andrew Huberman · 52:54

In fact, let's just really tamp down the relationship

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Julian Dorey · 66:10

that you're trying to tamp down a war with.

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