KEEP BACK
Definition:
- [verb] keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
Synonyms: restrain, suppress, keep, hold back
- [verb] secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"
Synonyms: retain, hold, hold back
- [verb] hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
Synonyms: withhold
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Related Words:
- hold
- confine
- quench
- bottle up, suppress
- control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
- hold down
- freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise
- keep to oneself
- deny
- reserve
- immobilize, immobilise
- deprive
