Definitions for hold back
hold back

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold backverb

   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. restrain, keep, keep back, hold backverb

   keep under control; keep in check

   "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"

3. forbear, hold backverb

   refrain from doing

   "she forbore a snicker"

4. wait, hold off, hold backverb

   wait before acting

   "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"

5. retain, hold, keep back, hold backverb

   secure and keep for possible future use or application

   "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"

6. conceal, hold back, hold inverb

   hold back; keep from being perceived by others

   "She conceals her anger well"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hold backverb

   to act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power

2. hold backverb

   to contain; stop

3. hold backverb

   to delay, especially in school

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1. Hold Back

   Hold Back (French: Rengaine) is a 2012 French drama film directed and written by Rachid Djaidani.

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1. hold back

   "Hold back" generally refers to either restraining oneself from taking necessary or required actions, or preventing or delaying the progress, development or advancement of someone or something. It could also mean to retain or withhold information, feelings or emotions.

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Defend
   • Keep
   • Refrain

How to pronounce hold back?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say hold back in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hold back in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hold back in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of hold back in a Sentence

1. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

   Serious work must take place. We can withstand the sanctions and neutralize and foil the enemy's goals. If we don't, the enemy would proceed and place conditions on our nuclear program and impose sanctions, if sanctions are to be the way, the Iranian nation can also do it. A big collection of the world's oil and gas is in Iran so Iran if necessary can hold back on the gas that Europe and the world is so dependent on.

2. Alishia May:

   Don't hold back when you know you can go forward.

3. Renae A. Sauter:

   You are here to be fully alive. Your expression is needed. Don’t hold back

4. Hillary Clinton:

   It’s one of the reasons that I think a lot of Americans are just fed up with the whole political process. Because, in a democracy you have to have at least enough trust to be able to work with each other and solve difficult problems, when the Republicans refuse to give a distinguished judge appointed by President Obama even the courtesy of meetings, let alone a hearing, that sent such a terrible message. Now, what they’ve done in this case is to hold back information, they have not provided all the information, which was always made available for other nominees, and they’re trying to rush this through to the detriment of the American public, who deserves to have answers to whatever charges might be presented.

5. Pivotal Research analyst Brian Wieser:

   Google knows that anything that they want to do is going to met with regulatory scrutiny, so why hold back?

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hold back
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hold_Back
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_Back
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com