holds back

"We are going to take this craft and all it holds back to Agua Dulce as a prize," Hal replied quietly.

It holds back something until all parts are co-ordinated and “does the thing shall breed the thought.”

It's a false reverence that holds back some of the truth, lest stating it may seem to reflect on God's character.

His loss is four hundred and thirty-one, but the few minutes he holds back the enemy saves the guns.

Sometimes I think of her as my protector, that it is she, and she alone who holds back the power which would engulf me.