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remain down

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Verb1.remain down - be counted out; remain down while the referee counts to ten
boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs - fighting with the fists
lose - fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"


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I gave that man some spiritual advice and disposed of him, and then paid the telescope man his full fee, and said that we were charmed with the trip and would remain down, and not reascend and require him to fetch us down by telescope.
Had there been any doors or windows in the lower rooms, or had not the boards of the house been so thick and stout, escape could have been easy; but to remain down below was like being in a cellar or the hold of a ship, and they did not like the darkness or the damp smell.
Whenever I tried to rise, he rushed me, and I could not remain down there indefinitely without air.
 
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