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hold back

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But Switzerland, New Zealand, and Costa Rica cannot hold back the New Chaos.

He said, “Don’t let it all go now, just hold back ‘til we cover you.”

“I have to hold back my ammunition, hold my poker cards,” he says.

But I try to say things that are the truth, and I don't hold back, and sometimes it does get me into trouble.

And why would Romney hold back on the Benghazi business anyway?

In another moment they came in sight of something which made them hold back the dog, and which arrested their own footsteps.

Please don't think I'm not wantin' to trust you, because I hold back.

When they greeted her, Odin felt that he could hold back his curiosity no longer.

It was that combination which, perhaps even more than the words of her mother, made it impossible for him to hold back.

When she came in sight of their house it was harder than ever to hold back the tears of mortification, of hot resentment.

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On this page you'll find 93 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hold back, such as: bit, bridle, check, control, curb, and defer.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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