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holds back
verb as in repress
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Example Sentences
"We are going to take this craft and all it holds back to Agua Dulce as a prize," Hal replied quietly.
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It holds back something until all parts are co-ordinated and “does the thing shall breed the thought.”
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It's a false reverence that holds back some of the truth, lest stating it may seem to reflect on God's character.
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His loss is four hundred and thirty-one, but the few minutes he holds back the enemy saves the guns.
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Sometimes I think of her as my protector, that it is she, and she alone who holds back the power which would engulf me.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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