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keep back

verb

Definitions

  1. To hold back

    To hold back; to refuse to give or share.

  2. To stay back

    To stay back; to refrain from approaching.

  3. To restrict or restrain.

    • Germany eased off in the second half and this was a night when Joachim Löw, like Southgate, took the opportunity to keep back his best XI.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To prevent (a pupil) from advancing in a course.

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