OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 6680

hold back

Meanings (ES + gloss)
contenerse • enfrenarse • frenarse • moderarse • refrenarse • reprimirse • reservarse
To act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power.
Don't hold back. Hit it as hard as you can.
The TSSA union, which along with the RMT represents many of the staff affected by the closures, hasn't held back on its criticism.
anquilosar • impedir el avance de • retrasar el progreso de • retrotraer
To delay the progress of, especially in school.
He's a year older than his classmates, because he was held back in second grade.
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