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Keep back

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To hold back; to refuse to give or share. transitive
  2. 2
    prevent the action or expression of wordnet
  3. 3
    To stay back; to refrain from approaching. intransitive
  4. 4
    hold back; refuse to hand over or share wordnet
  5. 5
    To restrict or restrain. transitive

    "Germany eased off in the second half and this was a night when Joachim Löw, like Southgate, took the opportunity to keep back his best XI."

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  1. 6
    secure and keep for possible future use or application wordnet
  2. 7
    To prevent (a pupil) from advancing in a course. transitive

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