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keep back
verb as in bottle up
verb as in check
Strong matches
verb as in contain
verb as in delay
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in deny
Strong matches
verb as in disallow
verb as in discourage
verb as in earmark
verb as in hold back
verb as in hold back/hold off
verb as in reserve
Example Sentences
There have been chaotic scenes at the opening of the annual agricultural show in Paris as farmers broke through security barriers and had to be kept back by riot police.
While the bison do help keep back some of the invasive grasses, Dennhardt explains that they create wallows and cause erosion.
Oxfam said it understood workers' frustrations, but that its reserves had fallen, and it needed to keep back funds to weather financial shocks.
Capitol police said its officers were “working to keep back approximately 150 people who are illegally and violently protesting in the area of Canal Street and Ivy Street” in southeast Washington.
Capitol Police said its officers were "working to keep back approximately 150 people who are illegally and violently protesting".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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