What is another word for hold back?
1959 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ hˈə͡ʊld bˈak], [ hˈəʊld bˈak], [ h_ˈəʊ_l_d b_ˈa_k]Table of Contents
Similar words for hold back:- arrest (noun)
- conceal (noun)
- fight back (noun)
- hold back (noun)
- anticipate (verb)
- back down (verb)
- black out (verb)
- bottle up (verb)
- check (verb)
- competition (verb)
- confine (verb)
- constrain (verb)
- cumber (verb)
- curb (verb)
- demote (verb)
- deny (verb)
- deprive (verb)
- discourage (verb)
- fight back/fight off (verb)
- forbear (verb)
- grudge (verb)
- halt (verb)
- handicap (verb)
- hang back (verb)
- harbor (verb)
- hesitate (verb)
- hide (verb)
- hinder (verb)
- ignore (verb)
- inhibit (verb)
- keep (verb)
- pause (verb)
- play down (verb)
- prevent (verb)
- refuse (verb)
- rein (verb)
- repel (verb)
- restrict (verb)
- retard (verb)
- slow (verb)
- stem (verb)
- suppress (verb)
- wait (verb)
- withhold (verb)
- other synonyms
- back down
- black out
- bottle up
- cumber
- defend
- demote
- deny
- hang back
- harbor
- hesitate
- hinder
- play down
- refuse
- slow
- stash
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Hold back:
n.
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- shut off.
v.
•anticipate (verb)- beats someone to it,
- pre-ceded,
- beat someone it,
- de-lays,
- be step ahead of,
- provides against,
- inter-cept,
- fore stalls,
- are one step ahead of,
- were one step ahead of,
- was one step ahead of,
- beats to it,
- fore-stalled,
- beats someone it,
- are early,
- fore stalled,
- was step ahead of,
- de lays,
- wast one step ahead of,
- am step ahead of,
- is one step ahead of,
- pre-cedes,
- fore-stall,
- de laying,
- were step ahead of,
- beat to it,
- wert step ahead of,
- preparing for,
- wast early,
- fore-stalling,
- am early,
- wert early,
- were early,
- provided against,
- providing against,
- art one step ahead of,
- de-lay,
- pre cedes,
- being step ahead of,
- is step ahead of,
- pre ceded,
- inter cept,
- was early,
- being early,
- wast step ahead of,
- being one step ahead of,
- de lay,
- pre cede,
- pre ceding,
- beating someone to it,
- beating to it,
- am one step ahead of,
- de-laying,
- is early,
- fore-stalls,
- are step ahead of,
- prepares for,
- fore stalling,
- pre-ceding,
- fore stall,
- wert one step ahead of,
- art step ahead of,
- pre-cede,
- beating someone it.
- re coiling,
- re-treated,
- re-canted,
- haddest no fight left,
- having no fight left,
- with drew,
- re-coiled,
- hath no fight left,
- re treated,
- with drawing,
- withdraws from agreement or statement,
- begging off,
- re-treating,
- re coils,
- re coiled,
- re-signing,
- with draw,
- re signs,
- begs off,
- with-drawing,
- re signed,
- sur-rendered,
- withdrew from agreement or statement,
- caved in,
- re treating,
- withdrew from agreement statement,
- has no fight left,
- with-drawn,
- hast no fight left,
- re treat,
- sur-renders,
- withdrawing from agreement or statement,
- sur-rendering,
- re-signs,
- wimped out,
- re-coil,
- with-draws,
- hadst no fight left,
- re-treats,
- with-draw,
- with drawn,
- re-sign,
- wimping out,
- re signing,
- sur rendered,
- withdrawing from agreement statement,
- sur renders,
- withdraws from agreement statement,
- sur rendering,
- withdraw from agreement statement,
- re canted,
- Re sign,
- with-drew,
- begged off,
- with draws,
- re-treat,
- sur render,
- wimps out,
- re-coiling,
- sur-render,
- re-signed,
- re treats,
- gave ground,
- re-coils,
- had no fight left,
- re coil,
- re canting,
- re-canting.
- delete;s cover,
- delete;ing cover,
- going out like a light,
- making dark,
- went out like light,
- goes out like a light,
- zonk out,
- going out like light,
- crosses out,
- made dark,
- makes dark,
- zonking out,
- goes out like light,
- went out like a light,
- zonked out,
- delete;ed cover,
- zonks out.
- brings to naught,
- brings naught,
- re straining,
- bringing to naught,
- re-straining,
- cooping up,
- bring naught,
- re-strains,
- holds down,
- boxes up,
- brought naught,
- shuts in,
- re-strained,
- re strains,
- re strain,
- brought to naught,
- boxed up,
- keeps secret,
- keeping secret,
- re-strain,
- keeps feeling inside oneself,
- keeping feeling inside oneself,
- bringing naught,
- re strained,
- kept feeling inside oneself,
- shutting in,
- boxing up,
- coops up,
- holds in.
- nip bud,
- re pulsed,
- counter acted,
- counter-act,
- nip the bud,
- re-buffed,
- re buff,
- re duce,
- re buffs,
- re-pulse,
- counter-acted,
- slackened pace,
- re-buff,
- re-buffing,
- slackening pace,
- counter-acting,
- counter acts,
- re-pulsing,
- counter acting,
- Bitting,
- counter-acts,
- re pulse,
- re pulses,
- slows down,
- re-duces,
- re-pulsed,
- re buffing,
- counter act,
- re-buffs,
- reining in,
- re-duce,
- re duces,
- played for time,
- re buffed,
- slackens pace,
- re pulsing,
- re-pulses,
- slowing down,
- nip in bud.
- puts a lid on,
- de limiting,
- puts lid on,
- putting ice,
- in-tern,
- de-tain,
- de tains,
- de-limited,
- putting lid on,
- de-tains,
- in terns,
- in-terns,
- puts on ice,
- sending up,
- de-limiting,
- de limits,
- puts ice,
- in tern,
- put ice,
- de-limit,
- putting a lid on,
- hog tie,
- de tain,
- cools down,
- de-limits,
- putting on ice,
- de limited,
- de limit.
- dis allowed,
- keeps lid on,
- dis-allowing,
- puts half nelson on,
- keeping lid on,
- dis allows,
- cooled off,
- dis allow,
- concusses,
- dis-allows,
- putting half nelson on,
- dis-allowed,
- cools off,
- kept lid on,
- dis allowing,
- dis-allow.
- bringing to screeching halt,
- brought to screeching halt,
- boxed in,
- brings to screeching halt,
- bring screeching halt,
- brought screeching halt,
- co oked,
- entrammeling,
- sub dues,
- sub-due,
- boxing in,
- keeps tight rein on,
- co-oking,
- entrammels,
- entrammeled,
- sub-dues,
- brings screeching halt,
- co oking,
- co-oked,
- sub due,
- bringing screeching halt,
- keeping tight rein on,
- kept tight rein on.
- de merited,
- de-graded,
- de-meaning,
- de classed,
- de motes,
- dis-rates,
- de meaning,
- declasses,
- de-motes,
- re-legates,
- dis rating,
- dis-missing,
- dis rates,
- dis-rating,
- de-merit,
- de-merited,
- de-classing,
- dis-missed,
- de-grades,
- de merits,
- de mean,
- de grade,
- de-grade,
- de-mote,
- de-class,
- de graded,
- de moting,
- de-mean,
- de means,
- de grading,
- de-means,
- dis rate,
- de mote,
- dis rated,
- de meriting,
- de grades,
- de-moting,
- kicked downstairs,
- de-classes,
- de classes,
- dis missed,
- re-legate,
- de-meriting,
- disrated,
- de-classed,
- de class,
- Declassing,
- de classing,
- dis missing,
- disrates,
- kicks downstairs,
- de merit,
- de-grading,
- re legate,
- dis-rate,
- re legates,
- dis-rated,
- de-merits,
- disrating.
- dis carded,
- dis-proves,
- dis avows,
- be-grudge,
- dis-credit,
- turns thumbs down,
- dis cards,
- dis avow,
- dis-acknowledge,
- dis claim,
- dis believe,
- not buying,
- dis credit,
- dis-believe,
- takes exception to,
- dis acknowledge,
- dis owned,
- be-grudged,
- dis believed,
- re-butted,
- be grudging,
- dis believing,
- dis proving,
- dis-crediting,
- dis claims,
- dis-acknowledges,
- dis avowing,
- dis acknowledged,
- enjoining from,
- turning thumbs down,
- dis-credited,
- dis-claim,
- said no to,
- took exception to,
- dis proved,
- be grudged,
- dis-claiming,
- dis-proved,
- re-butting,
- re butting,
- dis-believes,
- dis-claimed,
- dis-carding,
- dis-prove,
- dis crediting,
- dis acknowledges,
- dis acknowledging,
- be-grudges,
- dis avowed,
- dis-acknowledging,
- dis-acknowledged,
- says no to,
- dis-avow,
- dis card,
- dis-claims,
- taking exception to,
- dis believes,
- dis prove,
- be grudges,
- dis claimed,
- dis-card,
- not buys,
- not bought,
- enjoins from,
- dis-believed,
- turned thumbs down,
- dis-avowing,
- be grudge,
- enjoined from,
- dis credits,
- dis-owned,
- dis proves,
- dis-credits,
- dis-avowed,
- dis-carded,
- dis credited,
- dis-cards,
- dis-owning,
- re butted,
- be-grudging,
- dis-avows,
- calls on,
- dis claiming,
- dis-believing,
- dis carding,
- saying no to,
- dis-proving,
- dis owning.
- de-spoiling,
- dis-inherit,
- dis possessed,
- be reft,
- stiffing,
- dis inherits,
- dis robed,
- dis inherited,
- dis mantled,
- dis-mantling,
- dis robe,
- de spoiling,
- be reaves,
- dis-possesses,
- dis mantle,
- dis inheriting,
- be-reave,
- de nude,
- dis-possess,
- dis robes,
- de-nude,
- dis possess,
- dis-mantled,
- dis possessing,
- de-spoil,
- dis-inherited,
- dis robing,
- dis-possessed,
- de-nudes,
- be reave,
- dis mantles,
- dis possesses,
- dis-robes,
- dis mantling,
- dis-mantles,
- dis-possessing,
- de nudes,
- be reaving,
- be-reaving,
- dis-inherits,
- dis-mantle,
- be-reaved,
- be-reft,
- de spoil,
- dis-robing,
- dis-robe,
- dis-robed,
- de-spoiled,
- dis-inheriting,
- be reaved,
- de spoils,
- be-reaves,
- dis inherit,
- de spoiled,
- de-spoils.
- dis incline,
- dis-countenancing,
- dis-favored,
- dis advising,
- dis-advise,
- inter fere,
- dis favored,
- dis advise,
- disadvised,
- turns aside,
- in disposing,
- in-disposed,
- in disposes,
- inter feres,
- dis-favors,
- dis-incline,
- dis-countenanced,
- in-dispose,
- dis-courage,
- dis inclines,
- dis favor,
- dis countenances,
- dis-countenances,
- dis-inclining,
- dis-advises,
- dis countenancing,
- dis-advised,
- dis-favor,
- dis favoring,
- dis courages,
- dis-favoring,
- in dispose,
- dis inclining,
- in disposed,
- dis inclined,
- dis courage,
- disadvises,
- talked out of,
- dis-countenance,
- dis countenance,
- disadvising,
- throws cold water on,
- dis-inclined,
- inter-fere,
- dis-advising,
- dis advises,
- indisposes,
- dis countenanced,
- holds off,
- inter-feres,
- talks out of,
- dis favors,
- dis-courages,
- threw cold water on,
- in-disposes,
- throwing cold water on,
- in-disposing,
- dis-inclines,
- dis advised.
- put fight,
- fended off,
- keeps at bay,
- held at bay,
- keeping at bay,
- re-plying,
- keep bay,
- re plying,
- kept bay,
- putting up fight,
- holding bay,
- hold bay,
- keeps bay,
- re-plied,
- holds bay,
- holding at bay,
- held bay,
- holds at bay,
- beating off,
- putting fight,
- keeping bay,
- puts up fight,
- beats off,
- re plied,
- puts fight.
- art stingy,
- was reluctant,
- is reluctant,
- re sents,
- art reluctant,
- wast reluctant,
- being stingy,
- wert stingy,
- re-sents,
- is stingy,
- were stingy,
- am stingy,
- re sent,
- wert reluctant,
- was stingy,
- were reluctant,
- re-sent,
- being reluctant,
- wast stingy,
- am reluctant,
- are reluctant,
- are stingy.
- brings to an end,
- calling it a day,
- bring an end,
- coming an end,
- brings to end,
- calls it day,
- called a day,
- brought an end,
- called it a day,
- comes an end,
- ceases fire,
- stood still,
- blew the whistle on,
- calls it a day,
- bring standstill,
- brings end,
- intermits,
- brought to an end,
- bringing to end,
- puts cork in,
- coming to end,
- closes down,
- cooled it,
- bringing end,
- cools it,
- come end,
- came an end,
- blowing whistle on,
- came to end,
- calls day,
- blows whistle on,
- calling it day,
- brought standstill,
- brings an end,
- dropped anchor,
- ceasing fire,
- call it day,
- bringing an end,
- brings standstill,
- calls a day,
- stands still,
- calling a day,
- calling day,
- call day,
- putting a cork in,
- came to an end,
- comes end,
- brought to standstill,
- brings to standstill,
- brought to end,
- bring end,
- coming end,
- comes to an end,
- come an end,
- blew whistle on,
- blows the whistle on,
- comes to end,
- put cork in,
- cooling it,
- called day,
- blowing the whistle on,
- brought end,
- came end,
- called it day,
- putting cork in,
- bringing standstill,
- re sting,
- coming to an end,
- dropt anchor,
- bringing to an end,
- re-sting,
- puts a cork in,
- drops anchor,
- ceased fire,
- bringing to standstill,
- come to end.
- puts out commission,
- putting out commission,
- puts out of commission,
- put out commission,
- putting out of commission,
- sidelining.
- dropt behind,
- shrank back,
- hanging off,
- hung off,
- dropt back,
- shrinks back,
- hanged off,
- staying back,
- lags behind,
- hangs off,
- staid back,
- dropped behind,
- hung fire,
- stayed back,
- shrinking back,
- shrunk back,
- lagged behind,
- hanged fire,
- stays back,
- dropped back,
- dropping back,
- drops back.
- de fends,
- providing refuge,
- de fended,
- de-fends,
- provided refuge,
- de-fended,
- de-fending,
- de fending,
- de-fend,
- de fend,
- provides refuge.
- de bates,
- shying away,
- am unwilling,
- thinks twice,
- art irresolute,
- shies away,
- was irresolute,
- art unwilling,
- de bating,
- wert irresolute,
- are irresolute,
- wast unwilling,
- sate on fence,
- were irresolute,
- de-bate,
- being unwilling,
- is irresolute,
- shied away,
- being irresolute,
- sat fence,
- hem haw,
- wert unwilling,
- de-bating,
- sitting on fence,
- de-bates,
- sits fence,
- thought twice,
- sat on fence,
- de bate,
- wast irresolute,
- de bated,
- sitting fence,
- blow hot cold,
- sits on fence,
- was unwilling,
- were unwilling,
- sate fence,
- am irresolute,
- are unwilling,
- is unwilling,
- de-bated,
- sit fence.
- goes into hiding,
- putting out of the way,
- puts out the way,
- puts out way,
- blots out,
- dis-guise,
- re-served,
- puts out of way,
- put out of way,
- dis guise,
- dis-guised,
- stowed away,
- re serve,
- not give awaying,
- putting out of way,
- dis-guising,
- keeping from,
- not give awayed,
- went underground,
- putting out way,
- dis guising,
- put out way,
- lies low,
- took cover,
- putting out the way,
- re serving,
- dis guises,
- not give aways,
- re-serves,
- going underground,
- going in to hiding,
- puts out of the way,
- re-serve,
- re served,
- went in to hiding,
- put out the way,
- not telling,
- stowing away,
- not tells,
- tucks away,
- dis-guises,
- lied low,
- re-serving,
- go in to hiding,
- goes underground,
- takes cover,
- stows away,
- going into hiding,
- went into hiding,
- goes in to hiding,
- dis guised,
- tucking away.
- gat in the way,
- getting in way,
- gat the way,
- gotten in way,
- snafuing,
- get way,
- de bars,
- get in way,
- gat in way,
- got in way,
- de-bars,
- getting way,
- de-barred,
- gets the way,
- get the way,
- gets in way,
- got way,
- gotten in the way,
- de barred,
- de barring,
- got the way,
- got in the way,
- gets way,
- de bar,
- de-barring,
- de-bar,
- getting the way,
- gat way,
- gets in the way,
- gotten way,
- getting in the way,
- gotten the way.
- inter-dict,
- inter dict,
- out lawing,
- putting on brakes,
- puts brakes,
- out lawed,
- hanging up,
- put brakes,
- hanged up,
- puts on brakes,
- keeps in,
- out-lawed,
- out-lawing,
- putting brakes.
- de-positing,
- traded in,
- de posits,
- re tains,
- trading in,
- re-tains,
- re-tain,
- dealt in,
- re tain,
- pre-serving,
- pre served,
- pre-serves,
- de posited,
- pre-served,
- de-posit,
- pre serves,
- de posit,
- de-posited,
- pre serving,
- pre serve,
- de-posits,
- de positing,
- trades in,
- pre-serve.
- coming standstill,
- de liberate,
- stopping briefly,
- breaking it up,
- stopt briefly,
- taking a breather,
- de-liberated,
- come standstill,
- calls time,
- took breather,
- de-liberates,
- catch ones breath,
- de liberated,
- brake it up,
- de liberating,
- dis-continues,
- took a breather,
- put hold,
- dis-continuing,
- takes break,
- take break,
- puts on hold,
- called time,
- coming to standstill,
- takes breather,
- take breather,
- puts hold,
- de liberates,
- comes to standstill,
- taking ten,
- came to standstill,
- dis continuing,
- putting hold,
- taking five,
- dis continued,
- dis-continued,
- taking break,
- took a break,
- takes a break,
- breaks it up,
- catch one breath,
- dis-continue,
- taking breather,
- dis continues,
- takes five,
- came standstill,
- took break,
- took five,
- took ten,
- de-liberating,
- comes standstill,
- takes ten,
- broke it up,
- catch breath,
- de-liberate,
- dis continue.
- be-little,
- under-rate,
- under-play,
- making little of,
- de emphasize,
- makes little of,
- under played,
- under-played,
- made little of,
- under rated,
- under rating,
- under rate,
- makes light of,
- under-rates,
- glosses over,
- making light of,
- under rates,
- softpedal,
- under-rating,
- under play,
- under-playing,
- under-plays,
- under-rated,
- be littles,
- under playing,
- be-littles.
- forfending,
- puts a stop to,
- pre venting,
- pre-vented,
- forfended,
- puts end to,
- pre vent,
- putting stop to,
- pre-vents,
- pre vents,
- putting a stop to,
- defended against,
- pre-vent,
- putting end to,
- puts an end to,
- puts stop to,
- pre-venting,
- forfends,
- pre vented,
- putting an end to,
- defending against,
- defends against.
- gives thumbs down to,
- refusing receive,
- nixed,
- dis-approved,
- dis sent,
- sending regrets,
- turning from,
- dis approves,
- dis-accorded,
- dis approved,
- dis-according,
- re-fused,
- re fused,
- making excuses,
- turning ones back on,
- not budgeting,
- giving thumbs down to,
- not budges,
- turns ones back on,
- sets aside,
- passes up,
- refused receive,
- gave thumbs down to,
- dis sents,
- re-fuses,
- not budged,
- turning one back on,
- pro-tested,
- turned from,
- sent off,
- dis-approving,
- refuse receive,
- not budging,
- re-probated,
- refusing to receive,
- turns deaf ear to,
- turns one's back on,
- re fuses,
- dis-sent,
- dis accord,
- turned ones back on,
- re fuse,
- sends off,
- turn ones back on,
- turns from,
- dis approving,
- turning back on,
- dis-accord,
- sending off,
- turned deaf ear to,
- re-fusing,
- dis-accords,
- turn one back on,
- dis-approve,
- dis accorded,
- turned one back on,
- turning deaf ear to,
- re probate,
- re-probate,
- sent regrets,
- dis-approves,
- turned one's back on,
- made excuses,
- passing up,
- makes excuses,
- re fusing,
- re probating,
- not budgets,
- dis approve,
- pro-testing,
- refuses to receive,
- refused to receive,
- re-fuse,
- pro testing,
- dis accords,
- dis-sents,
- dis according,
- not budgeted,
- sends regrets,
- pro tested,
- turns back on,
- turning one's back on,
- turns one back on,
- re-probates,
- refuses receive.
- duelled,
- keeps at arm's length,
- keep arms length,
- with standing,
- driving away,
- drave off,
- forces off,
- keeps arm's length,
- kept at arm's length,
- beating back,
- stood against,
- keeping at arms length,
- drove away,
- drave away,
- keeping at arm length,
- keep at arm length,
- forcing back,
- stands against,
- puts flight,
- putting flight,
- driving off,
- with stand,
- gives cold shoulder to,
- forced back,
- chases away,
- keeping arm length,
- pushing back,
- beats back,
- casting aside,
- forces back,
- stands up against,
- drove off,
- gave cold shoulder to,
- standing up against,
- keeps off,
- with stood,
- keeps arms length,
- drives back,
- casts aside,
- keeps arm length,
- drave back,
- put flight,
- pushes back,
- keeping arm's length,
- keeps at arm length,
- with-stands,
- chasing away,
- pushed back,
- keep arm length,
- kept at arms length,
- kept arm's length,
- keeping at arm's length,
- putting to flight,
- with stands,
- drives away,
- keeping arms length,
- giving cold shoulder to,
- kept arm length,
- keeping off,
- keeps at arms length,
- with-standing,
- kept at arm length,
- keep at arms length,
- forced off,
- stood up against,
- forcing off,
- kept arms length,
- drove back,
- kept off,
- drives off,
- puts to flight,
- with-stand.
- de-creases,
- demarking,
- in closes,
- de creasing,
- de-fines,
- pre-limits,
- de marks,
- de crease,
- keeps within bounds,
- sur-rounding,
- pre limiting,
- pre-limit,
- pre limited,
- prelimited,
- in-closed,
- in-closes,
- de-marks,
- pre limits,
- demarks,
- de-fine,
- de marking,
- de fines,
- demarked,
- keeping within limits,
- de-mark,
- de fining,
- de-fining,
- in closed,
- de-crease,
- de marked,
- in-close,
- pinned down,
- de-fined,
- pre limit,
- de-creasing,
- de mark,
- keeps within limits,
- re strict,
- de-marking,
- de fine,
- kept within bounds,
- sur-rounded,
- in-closing,
- prelimiting,
- de-marked,
- de creases,
- in closing,
- de fined,
- kept within limits,
- prelimits,
- re-strict,
- de-creased,
- in close,
- sur rounded,
- pre-limited,
- sur rounding,
- pre-limiting,
- keeping within bounds,
- de creased.
- post pone,
- retardated,
- post pones,
- retardating,
- chokes off,
- slows up,
- closes off,
- post-pones,
- slowing up.
- backwatering,
- anchors it,
- wound down,
- hit brakes,
- re-lax,
- eases up,
- keeping waiting,
- hitting the brakes,
- letted down flaps,
- hits brakes,
- eases off,
- losing speed,
- embogs,
- kept waiting,
- back waters,
- loses speed,
- reduces speed,
- backwatered,
- back water,
- losing steam,
- hits the brakes,
- keeps waiting,
- back watered,
- embogged,
- anchored it,
- lets down flaps,
- back-watering,
- loses steam,
- back-watered,
- eased off,
- winded down,
- winds down,
- lost steam,
- back watering,
- hitting brakes,
- reduced speed,
- embogging,
- re lax,
- back-waters,
- anchoring it,
- easing up,
- reducing speed,
- lost speed,
- letting down flaps.
- bringing to a standstill,
- bring a standstill,
- brings to a standstill,
- brought to a standstill,
- brought a standstill,
- bringing a standstill,
- brings a standstill.
- over throw,
- puts kibosh on,
- over-throwing,
- sate on,
- over-throws,
- over thrown,
- beating down,
- cracks down on,
- cracked down on,
- over-thrown,
- sits on,
- over-throw,
- beats down,
- putting kibosh on,
- over throwing,
- over throws.
- fore sees,
- sticks around,
- hung onto your hat,
- bode one time,
- holds everything,
- keeping shirt on,
- bides one time,
- bided one time,
- looked forward to,
- hangs onto your hat,
- fore seen,
- hangs onto hat,
- lies in wait,
- saving it,
- filling time,
- looks forward to,
- bode time,
- held on,
- fore-saw,
- lies wait,
- bides ones time,
- held phone,
- lie wait,
- bided one's time,
- lied wait,
- biding ones time,
- holding phone,
- holding everything,
- filled time,
- stands by,
- hanging onto hat,
- fore saw,
- kept shirt on,
- sweated it,
- keeps shirt on,
- saves it,
- re-mains,
- stays for,
- re main,
- fore seeing,
- bide one time,
- held everything,
- stays up for,
- hanged onto hat,
- re mained,
- hold phone,
- fore-sees,
- sweats it,
- stuck around,
- sitting up for,
- sate for,
- fore-seen,
- staying up for,
- bides time,
- fore-see,
- sits for,
- lied in wait,
- saved it,
- biding one's time,
- held the phone,
- biding one time,
- bided ones time,
- bode ones time,
- staid for,
- holds phone,
- sat for,
- staid up for,
- hanged onto your hat,
- lying wait,
- stayed for,
- sits up for,
- sitting for,
- holding the phone,
- sweating it,
- bode one's time,
- staying for,
- bide ones time,
- re mains,
- re-main,
- sate up for,
- bides one's time,
- hang onto hat,
- fills time,
- stayed up for,
- sticking around,
- hanging onto your hat,
- sticked around,
- re maining,
- biding time,
- holding on,
- bided time,
- sat up for,
- holds the phone,
- hung onto hat.
- stopping oneself,
- de-ducted,
- with-hold,
- de ducted,
- kept oneself,
- keeping oneself,
- keeping under ones hat,
- dummies up,
- with held,
- de-ducting,
- stopped oneself,
- keep under hat,
- de-duct,
- keeps under hat,
- dummying up,
- kept under one's hat,
- kept under hat,
- kept under ones hat,
- held out on,
- with-holds,
- keeping under hat,
- de ducts,
- keep oneself,
- with holds,
- with-holding,
- clams up,
- keeps under ones hat,
- de-ducts,
- keep under one hat,
- stopt oneself,
- with-held,
- keeps to oneself,
- de ducting,
- with holding,
- keeping under one's hat,
- with hold,
- holding out on,
- keeps oneself,
- keeps under one's hat,
- stops oneself,
- keep under ones hat,
- kept under one hat,
- holds out on,
- kept to oneself,
- de duct,
- keeps under one hat,
- keeping under one hat.
Other synonyms:
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•
- derail,
- disdain,
- dip out,
- stamp out,
- cramp,
- imperil,
- count against,
- cut into,
- interrupt,
- bust,
- beset,
- back down,
- poop out,
- scratch,
- suspend,
- idle,
- conspire,
- staunch,
- immobilize,
- suffocate,
- shelve,
- convulse,
- cry off,
- scotch,
- gum up,
- snuff out,
- upset,
- paralyze,
- scuttle,
- forget,
- intervene,
- bale out,
- bedevil,
- abort,
- clog,
- bring up against,
- kill off,
- forgo,
- weigh down,
- cut,
- frustrate,
- beg off,
- interfere with,
- disconnect,
- sabotage,
- petrify,
- quash,
- quell,
- wash out,
- back out,
- bugger about,
- stanch,
- freeze,
- endanger,
- disadvantage,
- deep-six,
- wreck,
- extinguish,
- brew up,
- crimp,
- squeeze out,
- disrupt,
- entangle.
-
•
- hush,
- pinion,
- tax,
- pitch into,
- knock back,
- stamp on,
- catch out,
- scrub,
- keep away,
- call off,
- spite,
- opt out,
- scrap,
- inconvenience,
- bail,
- pitchfork,
- stifle,
- blow up,
- entrap,
- obstruct,
- threaten.
-
•
- defeat,
- squelch,
- mess with,
- muffle,
- strangle,
- smother,
- condemn,
- default,
- reduce to,
- obstruction,
- bail out,
- let down.
-
•
- choke.
-
•
- withdraw.
-
•
- place.
-
•
- put out.
- gave in,
- pulls back,
- retreating,
- give ground,
- go back on,
- give up,
- wimp out,
- cave in,
- withdraw from agreement or statement,
- pulling back,
- gives ground,
- have no fight left,
- back pedal,
- caves in,
- caving in,
- Withdrew,
- giving ground,
- pulled back.
- Quashed,
- crossed out,
- covers up,
- go out like light,
- go out like a light,
- Squashing,
- obfuscate,
- squash,
- cross out,
- crossing out,
- make dark,
- covering up,
- rub out,
- delete; cover,
- cover up,
- covered up.
- keep back,
- shut in,
- corked,
- held in,
- cooped up,
- hold down,
- held down,
- box up,
- bring to naught,
- corking,
- kept back,
- kept secret,
- hold in,
- keep feeling inside oneself,
- coop up,
- holding in,
- keeps back,
- Entrapped,
- keep secret,
- keeping back.
- Benching,
- set back,
- Disrate,
- demerited,
- kick downstairs,
- demeriting,
- Benched,
- Declass,
- kicking downstairs.
- turn down,
- Negativing,
- taboo,
- forsake,
- called on,
- Tabooed,
- Forgone,
- calling on,
- Tabooing,
- say no to,
- turn thumbs down,
- take exception to,
- not buy,
- Negatived,
- forgoing,
- call on,
- spurn,
- enjoin from,
- veto.
- hang fire,
- hanging fire,
- lag behind,
- hang off,
- hangs fire,
- drops behind,
- drop behind,
- shrink back,
- lagging behind,
- dropping behind,
- drop back,
- stay back.
- thought about,
- dithered,
- stutter,
- thinking about,
- scruple,
- pussyfoot,
- sit on fence,
- dithering,
- thinking twice,
- Floundered,
- thinks about,
- be irresolute,
- Hesitated,
- Stammered,
- think twice,
- think about,
- shy away,
- be unwilling.
- underplayed,
- make little of,
- underplay,
- be little,
- deemphasize,
- make light of,
- glossed over,
- underplaying,
- underplays,
- gloss over,
- made light of.
- send off,
- turned away,
- Regretted,
- turn deaf ear to,
- turns away,
- turn one's back on,
- turn from,
- give thumbs down to,
- turn back on,
- send regrets,
- nixing,
- refuse to receive,
- turning away,
- passed up,
- Reprobated,
- not budge,
- turn away,
- Reprobating,
- not budget,
- make excuses,
- setting aside,
- Refusing,
- turned back on,
- not care to.
- wind down,
- Reefing,
- eased up,
- winding down,
- keep waiting,
- backwaters,
- Reefed,
- hit the brakes,
- stunting,
- let down flaps,
- Back-water,
- easing off,
- embog,
- lose steam.
- disclaim,
- skimp,
- have,
- bridle,
- famish,
- combat,
- not touch,
- hold aloof from,
- let well enough alone,
- choke down,
- compromise,
- save up,
- preserve,
- Haver,
- defy,
- stand aloof,
- ease up,
- hold the line,
- withstand,
- lag,
- deduct,
- resist,
- fetter,
- hold horses,
- overcome,
- calm,
- encumber,
- postpone,
- dodge,
- rebuff,
- refrain,
- ban,
- stunt,
- snub,
- in,
- drag,
- slack up,
- regress,
- be cheap,
- brake,
- interfere,
- be sparing,
- be proof,
- catch,
- shun,
- delay,
- control,
- hold up,
- discontinue,
- stall,
- shrink from,
- engage,
- assure,
- make,
- starve,
- backwater,
- lose ground,
- quiet,
- boggle at,
- recede,
- temporize,
- preclude,
- pass up,
- be parsimonious,
- get,
- put a damper on,
- slacken off,
- close,
- silence,
- eschew,
- be penurious,
- damp,
- outlast,
- dam up,
- reserve,
- lose speed,
- dispense with,
- meddle,
- rein (back,
- blanket,
- govern,
- throttle,
- backpedal,
- choke back,
- prohibit,
- pinch,
- block,
- restrain oneself,
- put back,
- retrench,
- dispirit,
- limit,
- stand aloof from,
- avoid excess,
- demur,
- conquer,
- draw rein,
- slacken,
- endure,
- barricade,
- put aside,
- ease off,
- defer,
- stash,
- deter,
- cut corners,
- keep quiet,
- conserve,
- terminate,
- prevail,
- oppose,
- obtain,
- begrudge,
- shackle,
- foil,
- jib,
- scrimp,
- nail,
- bar,
- dishearten,
- save,
- spare,
- cool,
- standstill,
- be frugal,
- tame,
- thwart,
- interdict,
- proscribe,
- straiten,
- mask,
- guard,
- intimidate,
- hold out,
- blank out,
- be patient,
- forestall,
- be mingy,
- detain,
- hamper,
- reef,
- hold fast,
- deny oneself,
- dilly-dally,
- baulk,
- decelerate,
- keep out,
- stick,
- proceed,
- have nothing to do with,
- economize,
- slack off,
- continue,
- stint,
- stave,
- bog,
- bit,
- not use,
- settle,
- let go by,
- maintain,
- dispel,
- balk,
- set by,
- disallow,
- stay,
- do without,
- bog down,
- keep in reserve,
- husband,
- stymie,
- abstain from,
- waive,
- get in the way of,
- eat sparingly,
- subdue,
- pull,
- keep down,
- refrain from,
- curtail,
- enjoin,
- intercept,
- sit upon,
- bottle,
- secure,
- take,
- clip the wings,
- gag,
- adjourn,
- dampen,
- deaden,
- put by,
- dam,
- keep on hand,
- embargo,
- last,
- relax,
- sit tight,
- battle,
- weather,
- Intermeddle,
- counteract,
- mute,
- countercheck,
- bind,
- countervail,
- reduce speed,
- take it easy,
- moderate,
- trammel,
- cease.
Antonyms for Hold back:
Hypernym for Hold back:
Hyponym for Hold back:
v.
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competition
defend.
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competition