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stay back
verb as in hang back
Example Sentences
Once he reached curfew-bound Lahore, Mahmood was horrified by the bloodshed he witnessed there and decided to stay back in Pakistan and not tour Australia.
She said that she heard the cries of the paramedics who were hit and ran towards the damaged ambulances, but was warned to stay back by colleagues fearful of a follow up strike.
“The herders who lead their animals into the farm stay back when they see my weapon. They get scared.”
The officer then appears to stamp on and kick the man in the head, while other officers shout at onlookers to stay back.
The uniformed male officer is seen holding a taser over a man, who is lying prone, before striking him twice, while other officers shout at onlookers to stay back in a video shared widely online.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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