keep back (English, verb)
expansion: keep back (third-person singular simple present keeps back, present participle keeping back, simple past and past participle kept back)
Senses:
glosses: To hold back; to refuse to give or share.
tags: transitive
glosses: To stay back; to refrain from approaching.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To restrict or restrain.
tags: transitive
glosses: To prevent (a pupil) from advancing in a course.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: keeps back
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: keeping back
tags: participle
present
form: kept back
tags: participle
past
form: kept back
tags: past