Usually means: Restrains from action or expression.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word holds back:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. holds back: Merriam-Webster
  2. holds back: Collins English Dictionary
  3. holds back: Vocabulary.com
  4. holds back: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. holds back: Wiktionary
  6. holds back: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. holds back: Legal dictionary
  2. holds back: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. holds back: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. holds back: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. holds back: Idioms


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