Definition of hold back Hold back
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What does hold back mean?
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| hold back - keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" | ||
| restrain, keep, keep back | ||
| bottle up, inhibit, suppress limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs" | ||
| hold keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath" | ||
| confine prevent from leaving or from being removed | ||
| bottle up, inhibit, suppress limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs" | ||
| hold in, curb, contain, moderate, control, check, hold keep to the curb; "curb your dogs" | ||
| hold back - hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" | ||
| check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain | ||
| defend argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike" | ||
| cut down, cut out intercept (a player) | ||
| hold back - wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment" | ||
| wait, hold off | ||
| act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| hold out wait uncompromisingly for something desirable; "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses" | ||
| delay cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" | ||
| hold back - secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree" | ||
| retain, hold, keep back | ||
| hold on, keep stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!" | ||
| hold down restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep" | ||
| hold back - hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals her anger well" | ||
| conceal, hold in | ||
| occult hide from view; "The lids were occulting her eyes" | ||
| hold back - refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker" | ||
| forbear | ||
| forbear, refrain refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker" | ||
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hold back
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hold back
To hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.
