Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase hold back tears.
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1. suppress
 2. stifle
3. restrain
4. control
5. contain
6. temporize
7. abstain
8. coarctate
9. ensconce
10. prorogue
 11. retain
12. sequester
13. temporise
14. withhold
15. compromise
16. defer
17. delay
18. dispose
19. encounter
20. exempt
 21. forbear
22. motivate
23. moved
24. nestle
25. overrule
26. overruling
27. postponer
28. preserve
29. prevent
30. straighten out
 31. straighten up
32. withold
33. age
34. arrest
35. avert
36. conquest
37. conserve

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