hold back
Example Sentences
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the three rate cuts this year have put the central bank’s benchmark interest rate closer to “neutral,” meaning it is neither boosting nor holding back the economy.
From MarketWatch
“We’re not holding back a video that we think would be useful.”
All other tickets are allocated through the random ballot process, other than those held back by Fifa for corporate partners.
From BBC
In particular, the drug that helped me, commonly known as Xonvea, was often held back from women who desperately wanted to try it.
From BBC
Nathan Sheets, global chief economist at Citi, said he is watching January price data to see if businesses that have held back tariff-related cost increases reset prices higher at the start of the year.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
