āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
keep back
/kËiËp bËak/
to keep back
[phrase form: keep]
01
āĻāĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to prevent a feeling, emotion, or reaction from being expressed or displayed
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He struggled to keep back his laughter during the serious meeting.
āĻāĻŽā§āĻā§āϰ āϏāĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāϤ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻĒāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to withhold or refuse to reveal information to someone
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The detective suspected that the witness was keeping back key information.
āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻĻāĻž āϏāύā§āĻĻā§āĻš āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝ⧠āϏāĻžāĻā§āώ⧠āĻŽā§āϞ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻā§āĻĒāύ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āϏāĻāϰāĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to set aside a portion of something for a specific purpose, often for personal use or future needs
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She advised her friend to keep back a bit of the cake for a midnight snack.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĻā§ āĻŽāϧā§āϝāϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āύāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
04
āĻĻā§āϰāϤā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āϏā§āϰāĻā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻĻā§āϰāϤā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
to maintain a distance from someone or something, usually for safety reasons
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Pedestrians were asked to keep back from the accident scene to allow emergency responders access.
āĻāϰā§āϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϏā§āϏ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĒāĻĨāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻā§ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻāĻāύāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻāĻā§ āĻāϏāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to prevent someone from getting too close to another person or thing
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The police used barriers to keep back the protesters from approaching the government building.
āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāĻļ āϏāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϏāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06
āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āϧāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
to require a student to repeat a grade or year at school due to poor academic performance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
James was kept back a year in high school to catch up on his studies.
āĻā§āĻŽāϏāĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§āύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϞ āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāĻ āϏā§āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
07
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āϏā§āĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
to require a student to stay at school beyond normal hours for disciplinary reasons
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They were kept back for detention as a consequence of their misbehavior.
āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻāϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻĢāϞāϏā§āĻŦāϰā§āĻĒ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤



























