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held back

be held back VB

hold back VB

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hold-back N

hold-back agent PHYS

hold back from VB

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What does it feel like to be the perfect exalted person, but only because you've held back this secret?
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He portrayed himself as just another poor country boy against the moneyed interests that held back the common man.
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At rest, the wings of most damselfly species are held back together, unlike dragonflies, which rest with their wings out flat.
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I was tempted to strip down to my skivvies and wipe the rest of myself down, but somehow held back.
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Unfortunately, its universal acceptance as a reportable factor has been held back by a lack of definitional uniformity with respect to both qualitative and quantitative aspects of tumor budding.
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By building long connecting groynes the sand was held back and formed a fore-dune which quickly established itself as a breeding ground for seabirds.
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Four of the games listed were actually doubleheaders, in which a single ticket provided admission to two games held back-to-back.
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Because some impatient horses, when held back, would also occasionally rear, a related phrase, raring to go, is also derived from observations of equine behavior.
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Absolute proof that nothing was held back was illusory.
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At the end of the match supporters ran onto the pitch and were held back from away fans by riot police.
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