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keep back

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[keep back] {v. phr.}

To refrain or be restrained from entering; remain back.

* /The police had a hard time keeping back the crowd when the astronauts came to town after walking on the moon./

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	time ⁵⁵⁰ {v. phr.} ²¹⁸²

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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