keep back (1)
This page is about the phrasal verb keep back (1)
Meaning
If you keep something back, you don't tell someone about it.
Synonym
withhold (formal)
For example
- keep back sth The police suspected that he was keeping back some important information.
- keep sth back I could tell that she was keeping something back from me.
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