keep back
keep
ki:p
kip
back
bÃĻk
bāk
/kˈiːp bˈak/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "keep back"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to keep back
[phrase form: keep]
01

āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to prevent a feeling, emotion, or reaction from being expressed or displayed
to keep back definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He struggled to keep back his laughter during the serious meeting.
āĻ—āĻŽā§āĻ­ā§€āϰ āϏāĻ­āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to withhold or refuse to reveal information to someone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The detective suspected that the witness was keeping back key information.
āĻ—ā§‹āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώ⧀ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻ• āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to set aside a portion of something for a specific purpose, often for personal use or future needs
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She advised her friend to keep back a bit of the cake for a midnight snack.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϟāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to maintain a distance from someone or something, usually for safety reasons
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Pedestrians were asked to keep back from the accident scene to allow emergency responders access.
āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϏ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻĨāϚāĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ•āĻŸā§‡ āφāϏāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to prevent someone from getting too close to another person or thing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The police used barriers to keep back the protesters from approaching the government building.
āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āφāϏāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϧāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to require a student to repeat a grade or year at school due to poor academic performance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
James was kept back a year in high school to catch up on his studies.
āĻœā§‡āĻŽāϏāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§‹āύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϞ āĻŽā§‡āϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāχ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
07

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to require a student to stay at school beyond normal hours for disciplinary reasons
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They were kept back for detention as a consequence of their misbehavior.
āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āφāϚāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻĢāϞāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧂āĻĒ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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