| Definition of 'hold back' |
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1. (verb) check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, 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"
2. (verb) restrain, keep, keep back, hold back
keep under control; keep in check
"suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
3. (verb) forbear, hold back
refrain from doing
"she forbore a snicker"
4. (verb) wait, hold off, hold back
wait before acting
"the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
5. (verb) retain, hold, keep back, hold back
secure and keep for possible future use or application
"The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"
6. (verb) conceal, hold back, hold in
hold back; keep from being perceived by others
"She conceals her anger well"
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1. (verb) hold back
to stop from moving forward
Security guards held the screaming fans back.
2. hold back
to prevent from making progress
His shyness is what is holding him back.
3. hold back
to not show an emotion
She held back the tears.
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Sense: to refuse to tell someone (something)
The police were convinced the man was holding something back.
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 Afrikaans: terughou |
 Arabic: يُخْفي شَيئا، يَرْفُض أن |
 Bulgarian: крия |
 Brazilian: esconder |
 Czech: zatajit |
 German: verbergen |
 Danish: tilbageholde |
 Greek: αποκρύπτω |
 Spanish: esconder, guardarse algo, |
 Estonian: salgama |
 Farsi: نگفتن؛ پنهان کردن |
 Finnish: pitää omana tietonaan |
 French: cacher (qqch.à qqn) |
 Hebrew: לְהַסתִּיר |
 Hindi: किसी को बताने से मना करना |
 Croatian: kriti, tajiti |
 Hungarian: eltitkol |
 Indonesian: merahasiakan |
 Icelandic: gefa ekki upp |
 Italian: nascondere |
 Japanese: 打ち明けない |
 Korean: 자제하다 |
 Lithuanian: nutylėti |
 Latvian: slēpt (patiesību u.tml.) |
 Malay: menyimpan rahsia |
 Dutch: voor zich houden, verzwij |
 Norwegian: holde tilbake opplysninge |
 Polish: zataić |
 Persian: نگفتن؛ پنهان کردن |
 Pashto: پټول |
 Portuguese: esconder |
 Romanian: a ascunde (ceva cuiva) |
 Russian: утаивать |
 Slovak: zatajiť |
 Slovenian: prikrivati |
 Serbian: skrivati |
 Swedish: förtiga |
 Thai: สกัดกั้น |
 Turkish: saklamak, gizlemek |
 Taiwanese: 隱瞞 |
 Ukrainian: приховувати, притаювати |
 Urdu: معلومات فراہم کرنے سے انک |
 Vietnamese: giấu; giữ bí mật |
 Chinese: 隐瞒 |
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