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stand back

stand back verb: to maintain distance.

Verb

stand back (third-person singular simple present stands back, present participle standing back, simple past and past participle stood back)

  1. (intransitive) To maintain distance.
    • You had better stand back and let me operate the chainsaw.
  2. (intransitive) To abstain from participation.
    • While others debated the proposals, he stood back.
  3. (intransitive) (of a wicket-keeper) to stand a long way behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a fast bowler

stand back meaning in Vietnamese

stand back in Vietnamese

to abstain from participation
đứng ngoài

Forms of stand back

third-person singular presentstands back
present participlestanding back
past participlestood back
paststood back

Questions about stand back

What does stand back mean?
Stand back means to maintain distance.
What is stand back in Vietnamese?
Stand back in Vietnamese is đứng ngoài. See Stand back meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is stand back?
Stand back is a verb.
What is the past tense of stand back?
The past tense of stand back is stood back.

Words near stand back in the dictionary

  1. stand and deliver
  2. stand and stir
  3. stand around
  4. stand aside
  5. stand at attention
  6. stand back
  7. stand behind
  8. stand between
  9. stand by
  10. stand confessed
  11. stand corrected

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