keep back

keep back
1. intransitive verb
zurückbleiben

keep back! — bleib wo du bist!

keep back from something — von etwas wegbleiben (ugs.)

2. transitive verb
1) (restrain) zurückhalten [Menschenmenge, Tränen]
2) (withhold) verschweigen [Informationen, Tatsachen] (from Dat.); einbehalten [Geld, Zahlung]
* * *
1) (not to (allow to) move forward: She kept the child back on the edge of the crowd; Every body keep back from the door!) zurückhalten, -treten
2) (not to tell or make known: I feel he's keeping the real story back for some reason.) verschweigen
3) (not to give or pay out: Part of my allowance is kept back to pay for my meals; Will they keep it back every week?) zurückhalten
* * *
◆ keep back
I. vi zurückbleiben; (stay at distance) Abstand halten
\keep back back from that vicious dog, children bleibt von diesem bösartigen Hund weg, Kinder
II. vt
1. (hold away)
▪ to \keep back back ⇆ sb/sth jdn/etw zurückhalten
security guards kept the fans back from the rock stars Sicherheitskräfte hielten die Fans von den Rockstars fern
2. (retain)
▪ to \keep back back ⇆ sth etw verschweigen
3. (prevent advance)
▪ to \keep back back ⇆ sb jdn aufhalten
the slower students were \keep backing the more intelligent ones back die langsameren Schüler behinderten das Vorankommen der intelligenteren
▪ to \keep back sb back from doing sth jdn daran hindern, etw akk zu tun
* * *
keep back
A v/t
1. zurückhalten:
keep sb back from doing sth jemanden davon abhalten oder daran hindern, etwas zu tun
2. fig zurückhalten:
a) jemandes Lohn etc einbehalten
b) seine Tränen etc unterdrücken
c) etwas verschweigen, hinterm Berg halten mit
3. etwas verzögern, aufhalten
B v/i
1. im Hintergrund bleiben
2. zurückbleiben
* * *
1. intransitive verb
zurückbleiben

keep back! — bleib wo du bist!

keep back from something — von etwas wegbleiben (ugs.)

2. transitive verb
1) (restrain) zurückhalten [Menschenmenge, Tränen]
2) (withhold) verschweigen [Informationen, Tatsachen] (from Dat.); einbehalten [Geld, Zahlung]
* * *
v.
vorenthalten v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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