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单词 hold back
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hold back

phrasal verb with hold uk/həʊld/us/hoʊld/verb held, held

to not do something, often because of fear or because you do not want to make a bad situation worse:

He held back, terrified of going into the dark room.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Avoiding action

  • avoid
  • avoid sth like the plague idiom
  • avoidance
  • bottle
  • bottle out
  • flinch
  • flinch from sth/doing sth
  • fudge
  • get out of sth
  • get-out clause
  • insure
  • shrink
  • sit on your arse idiom
  • skip out on sb/sth
  • stand around
  • stand by
  • stand round
  • steer
  • welch
  • welsh

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hold back

phrasal verb with hold uk/həʊld/usverb held, held

[ I ] to not speak or state an opinion:

I held back during the meeting because I knew that my opinions were too controversial.
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