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hold back - translation to greek
hold back
2012 FILM BY RACHID DJAÏDANI
Rengaine (film); Hold Back (film)
δείχνω απροθυμία, κρατώ πίσω
batten down the hatches
![A weathered cargo hatch cover on the [[SS Stevens]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SS Stevens A-deck aft cargo hatch 6.jpg?width=200 "A weathered cargo hatch cover on the [[SS Stevens]]")
 Cargo hatch at Port of Nagoya 20150530.JPG?width=200 "Cargo hatch of the ship ''Port of Nagoya''")
![square-rigged]] sailing cargo ship](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StateLibQld 1 148179 Omega (ship).jpg?width=200 "square-rigged]] sailing cargo ship")
![Layout from above of the five cargo holds of a [[Liberty ship]] and a [[Victory ship]] from [[Port Chicago disaster]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Port Chicago disaster, pier diagram.jpg?width=200 "Layout from above of the five cargo holds of a [[Liberty ship]] and a [[Victory ship]] from [[Port Chicago disaster]].")
![Holds of [[U.S. Army Engineer Port Repair ship]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Port Repair Ship diagram.jpg?width=200 "Holds of [[U.S. Army Engineer Port Repair ship]]")
![The cargo hold of [[USS Rankin (AKA-103)]] for [[Combat loading]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/USSRankinCargoHold.jpg?width=200 "The cargo hold of [[USS Rankin (AKA-103)]] for [[Combat loading]]")
![SS Charles W. Morgan]] at [[Mystic Seaport]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles W. Morgan cargo hold.jpg?width=200 "SS Charles W. Morgan]] at [[Mystic Seaport]]")
.jpg?width=200 "Positioning wool bales in a hold in 1933 into the ''Magdalene Vinnen (1921)''")
![A [[lazarette]] with a white cargo hatch cover](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alberg 22 sailboat Due Point lazarette 2504.jpg?width=200 "A [[lazarette]] with a white cargo hatch cover")
SHIP ELEMENT
Cargo hold; Hold (nautical); Hatchway; Cargo hatch; Cargo space; Hold (ship); Deck hatch; Batten down the hatches; Cargo hatches; Hold (partition)
κλείνω καλά τα κουβούσια (πλοίου)
hold up
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Hold-up; Hold Up; Holdup (disambiguation); Hold up (disambiguation); Hold-Up; Hold-Up (film); Hold Up (disambiguation); Hold-Up!
ληστεύω, καθυστερώ, παρακωλύω
Definition
hold back
1.
If you hold back or if something holds you back, you hesitate before you do something because you are not sure whether it is the right thing to do.
The administration had several reasons for holding back...
Melancholy and mistrust of men hold her back.
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V n P
2.
To hold someone or something back means to prevent someone from doing something, or to prevent something from happening.
Stagnation in home sales is holding back economic recovery...
Jake wanted to wake up, but sleep held him back.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P
3.
If you hold something back, you keep it in reserve to use later.
Farmers apparently hold back produce in the hope that prices will rise.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
4.
If you hold something back, you do not include it in the information you are giving about something.
You seem to be holding something back.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P
5.
If you hold back something such as tears or laughter, or if you hold back, you make an effort to stop yourself from showing how you feel.
She kept trying to hold back her tears...
I was close to tears with frustration, but I held back.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P, also V n P
Examples of use of hold back
1. Afghan and Pakistani interpreters sometimes hold back details, Villareal said.
2. Her mother Raj Rani could barely hold back her tears.
3. "They poured out their lives and didn‘t hold back," Mr.
4. Some men, lips closed tight, hold back words of disappointment.
5. "She didn‘t deliberately decide to hold back on the caesarean.