keep back in English

stop; restrain; hide, conceal

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1. 1 Keep back! The firecrackers are exploding.

2. 8 Keep back! The car is coming.

3. 24 The fireman told me to keep back.

4. 25 She struggled to keep back the tears.

5. 23 I fought to keep back my tears.

6. 12 I will keep back nothing from you.

7. and to the south, ‘Do not keep back.

8. She was struggling to keep back the tears .

9. The angry crowds would not keep back the barrier.

10. Keep back! The building could collapse at any moment.

11. 27 She wasn't able to keep back her tears.

12. 14 She was unable to keep back her tears.

13. 6 She was struggling to keep back the tears .

14. “I keep back issues of The Watchtower and Awake!

15. 25 He can't keep back his anger any longer.

16. 10 We must keep back a reserve of food.

17. 7 He can't keep back his anger any longer.

18. 20 She sniffed, trying to keep back the tears.

19. 13 Barricades were erected to keep back the crowds.

20. 11 Keep back from the edge of the platform.

21. 26 In vain I tried to keep back my tears.

22. 2 A slow learner can keep back the whole class.

23. It appeared that she was trying to keep back tears.

24. 22 The crowds would not keep back from the barrier.

25. 4 Barriers were built to keep back the flood water.

26. 9 Keep back! The building could collapse at any moment.

27. 5 The angry crowds would not keep back the barrier.

28. 19 I asked the spectators to keep back from the sideline.

29. 17 Hearing the sad news, she couldn't keep back her tears.

30. I asked the spectators to keep back from the sideline. Sentencedict.com

31. 16 They keep back 30 % of their wages for a special fund.

32. 15 She was unable to keep back her tears,(www.Sentencedict.com) and wept freely.

33. 28 The police roped off the playing field to keep back the crowd.

34. 21 Most farmers are able to keep back enough of their crop for their own use.

35. Police made three misdemeanor arrests, including one of a news photographer, for failing to keep back.

36. 29 I try to explain this to Professor Sano, working hard to keep back the tears.

37. 30 Police made three misdemeanor arrests, including one of a news photographer, for failing to keep back.

38. 18 The stockholders agreed to let their company keep back a part of its profits for reserve funds.

39. 3 Roughly chop the vegetables, and keep back a little to chop finely and serve as a garnish.

40. And, do you know that sometimes we love a person so much that we want to give him everything, and not keep back anything for ourselves?

41. 1520s, "a holding off, refusal to do something," from French Abstention (Old French astencion), from Late Latin Abstentionem (nominative abstentio) "the act of retaining," noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin abstinere / abstenere "withhold, keep back, keep off," from assimilated form of ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + tenere "to hold" (from PIE root *ten-"to stretch").

42. Abstention (n.) 1520s, "a holding off, refusal to do something," from French Abstention (Old French astencion), from Late Latin Abstentionem (nominative abstentio) "the act of retaining," noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin abstinere / abstenere "withhold, keep back, keep off," from assimilated form of ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + tenere "to hold" (from PIE root *ten-"to