keep back

keep back
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!) mantener atrás
2) (not to tell or make known: I feel he's keeping the real story back for some reason.) ocultar
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?) retener
Sense I
1) v + adv

keep back! — atrás!

to keep back from something: keep well back from the edge — mantente bien alejado del borde

Sense II
2) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
a) (prevent from advancing) \<\<crowd/floodwaters\>\> contener*

they tried to keep demonstrators back from the gates — quisieron impedir que los manifestantes llegaran a las puertas

b) \<\<tears/sobs\>\> contener*
3)
a) (not reveal) \<\<information/facts\>\> ocultar
b) (withhold) \<\<percentage\>\> retener*; \<\<profits\>\> guardarse, quedarse con
4) v + o + adv (detain) (BrE) retener*

he kept the whole class back after school — dejó a toda la clase castigada

1. VT + ADV
1) (=contain) [+ crowds] contener; [+ enemy] no dejar avanzar, tener a raya
2) (=withhold) [+ part of sth given] guardar, quedarse con

keep back some of the parsley to garnish — guárdate parte del perejil para adornar

3) (=restrain) [+ tears] contener, reprimir
4) (=conceal) [+ names of victims] no comunicar

to keep sth back from sb — ocultar algo a algn

I'm sure he's keeping sth back — estoy segura de que oculta algo

5) (=delay) [+ person] retrasar

I don't want to keep you back — no quiero retrasarte

he had been kept back after school — le habían hecho quedarse después del colegio

2.
VI + ADV

keep back, please! — ¡no se acerquen, por favor!

keep well back from the bonfire — no te acerques a la fogata

I kept well back — me mantuve bien alejado

* * *
Sense I
1) v + adv

keep back! — atrás!

to keep back from something: keep well back from the edge — mantente bien alejado del borde

Sense II
2) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
a) (prevent from advancing) \<\<crowd/floodwaters\>\> contener*

they tried to keep demonstrators back from the gates — quisieron impedir que los manifestantes llegaran a las puertas

b) \<\<tears/sobs\>\> contener*
3)
a) (not reveal) \<\<information/facts\>\> ocultar
b) (withhold) \<\<percentage\>\> retener*; \<\<profits\>\> guardarse, quedarse con
4) v + o + adv (detain) (BrE) retener*

he kept the whole class back after school — dejó a toda la clase castigada


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