hold back

hold back
1. transitive verb
1) (restrain) zurückhalten

hold somebody back from doing something — jemanden [daran] hindern, etwas zu tun

2) (impede progress of) hindern
3) (withhold) zurückhalten

hold something back from somebody — jemandem etwas vorenthalten

2. intransitive verb
zögern

hold back from doing something — zögern, etwas zu tun

* * *
1) (to refuse to tell someone (something): The police were convinced the man was holding something back.) verbergen
2) (to prevent from happening, being seen etc, with an effort: The little girl succeeded in holding back her tears.) zurückhalten
3) (to prevent from making progress: I meant to finish cleaning the house but the children have held me back all morning.) abhalten
* * *
◆ hold back
I. vt
▪ to \hold back sb ⇆ back jdn zurückhalten [o aufhalten]
nothing can \hold back her back now jetzt ist sie nicht mehr aufzuhalten
she was tempted to tell him the truth, but something held her back sie wollte ihm die Wahrheit sagen, aber dann hielt sie doch etwas davon ab
▪ to \hold back sth ⇆ back emotions etw unterdrücken [o verbergen]
to \hold back back tears Tränen unterdrücken [o zurückhalten]
to \hold back sb back from doing sth jdn daran hindern, etw zu tun
2. (withhold)
▪ to \hold back back ⇆ sth etw verheimlichen, etw verbergen
to \hold back back ⇆ information Informationen geheim halten
3. (prevent from making progress)
▪ to \hold back back ⇆ sb jdn daran hindern, voranzukommen
II. vi
1. (be unforthcoming) nicht sehr mitteilsam sein
she held back from telling the truth sie rückte mit der Wahrheit nicht heraus
2. (refrain)
to \hold back back from doing sth etw unterlassen
I held back from telling her just what I thought ich unterließ es, ihr meine Meinung zu sagen
* * *
hold back
A v/t
1. zurückhalten
2. → academic.ru/35200/hold_in">hold in A
3. fig zurückhalten mit, verschweigen
B v/i
1. sich zurückhalten (auch fig)
2. nicht mit der Sprache herausrücken
* * *
1. transitive verb
1) (restrain) zurückhalten

hold somebody back from doing something — jemanden [daran] hindern, etwas zu tun

2) (impede progress of) hindern
3) (withhold) zurückhalten

hold something back from somebody — jemandem etwas vorenthalten

2. intransitive verb
zögern

hold back from doing something — zögern, etwas zu tun

* * *
v.
sich zögerlich geben ausdr.
zurück halten v.
zurückhalten (alt.Rechtschreibung) v.

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