Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context idiomatic English) to act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power 2 (context idiomatic English) to contain; stop
WordNet
v. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" [syn: check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain]
keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" [syn: restrain, suppress, keep, keep back]
secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree" [syn: retain, hold, keep back]
hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals her anger well" [syn: conceal, hold in]
Wikipedia
Hold Back (original title: Rengaine) is a 2012 French drama film directed and written by Rachid Djaidani.
Usage examples of "hold back".
The implantation was so successful we can hold back absolutely nothing.
I try to explain this too, there is nothing which I would hold back, but their atÂ.
I bowed, and did my best to hold back my satisfaction at his words from showing in my face.
That whoever had one foot in the grave was sure to hold back the other as strongly as he could.
They did not, like some of the conscientious objectors, hold back because the ship had been neglected by its officers and scuttled by its wreckers.
I say not from those things which the vanity of the world goeth about after with all eagerness, but from those miseries, which by the universal curse of mortality weigh down and hold back the soul of thy servant in punishment, that it cannot enter into liberty of spirit, so often as it would.
Therefore, in order to help them, the Bodhisattvas hold back from final release and, if anyone calls upon diem for help, they will try to answer that call.
Now it was not something she could hold back by being the fastest and deadliest gun around.