All keep back synonyms

verb keep back

• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• gridlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of gridlock.
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• earmark — any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.
• dis-favored — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
• hold down — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• disadvise — (transitive) To advise against; to dissuade from.
• corking — excellent
• detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
• bitted — Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
• intermitted — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
• hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• hogtie — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
• lay over — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• nix — nothing.
• negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
• filibuster — U.S. Politics. the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to force a decision against the will of the majority. an exceptionally long speech, as one lasting for a day or days, or a series of such speeches to accomplish this purpose. a member of a legislature who makes such a speech.
• call on — If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
• hold over — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
• in-dispose — to make ill, especially slightly.
• cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
• cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• intermitting — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• zing — vitality, animation, or zest.
• nixing — nothing.
• corked — (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin
• disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
• bitting — Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
• bottle up — If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• contain — If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it.
• bottlenecking — a narrow entrance or passageway.
• disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
• indispose — to make ill, especially slightly.
• hold in — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• disfavour — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
• disfavored — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
• intermit — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
• cork — Cork is a soft, light substance which forms the bark of a type of Mediterranean tree.
• disincline — Opposite of to incline; to make reluctant.