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

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

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   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. An Ofcom spokesman:

   This litigation threatens to hold back that progress for people and businesses, so we're extremely disappointed some companies have chosen to put commercial interest ahead of the national interest.

2. Barack Obama:

   I had been inclined to take the shot fairly early on in the discussions. But you hold back the decision until you have to make it. And in the end, what I very much appreciated, was the degree to which we had an honest debate, it was, in that way, emblematic of presidential decision-making, you're always working with probabilities.

3. Jon Huntsman:

   The View ' took the stronger part of me to hold back, the stronger part to try to be gracious.

4. Dominic Manecke:

   One young black female took a step off( the curb) and the cop kind of took that, I guess,' sideways.' Instantly, a white man kind of came to Joyce Beatty defense and then was instantly body-slammed to the ground. Joyce Beatty runs out into the street to hold back the cop and the protesters. Another cop comes up with his bike and pushes Joyce Beatty out of the way... and then it's naturally getting heated... that one cop pulls, I don't know why he does it, he pulls out his Mace and does what he does.

5. Sylvia Burwell:

   As a global community, we must ensure that legitimate concerns about liability do not hold back the possibility of developing an Ebola vaccine, an essential strategy in our global response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

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