stand back
Verb
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Verb
- (intransitive) To maintain a safe distance from a hazard.
- You had better stand back and let me operate the chainsaw.
- (intransitive) To abstain from participation.
- While others debated the proposals, he stood back.
- (intransitive, cricket) (of a wicket-keeper) to stand a long way behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a fast bowler
- French: reculer
- German: zurückbleiben
- Portuguese: distanciar-se, ir para trás, afastar-se, sair de perto, dar espaço, dar distância, recuar, ficar de longe, ficar afastado
- Russian: держа́ться сза́ди
- French: se taire, s'abstenir
- Portuguese: ficar de fora
- Russian: остава́ться в сторона
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