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hold back
English
- 🔊 hold back“She conceals her anger well”
- 🔊 refrain from doing“she forbore a snicker”
- 🔊 wait before acting“the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment”
- 🔊 prevent the action or expression of“hold back your anger”
- 🔊 secure and keep for possible future use or application“The landlord retained the security deposit”
- 🔊 hold back, as of a danger or an enemy“Arrest the downward trend”
Spanish
- 🔊 apretar to hold back
- 🔊 retener to hold back
- 🔊 trabar to hold back