Antonyms for stand backstand back

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1. stand back

   Antonyms:
   arbitrate, intercede, intercept, interfere, intermeddle, interpose, interrupt, meddle, mediate

   Synonyms:
   avoid, hold aloof, hold off, keep aloof, keep away, keep clear, keep out, let alone, let be, retire, stand aside, stand away, stand off, withdraw

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1. stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay awayverb

   stay clear of, avoid

   "Keep your hands off my wife!"; "Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous"

   Synonyms:
   keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away

2. stand backverb

   stand away from an object or person

   "He stood back to look at her"

   Synonyms:
   keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away

How to use stand back in a sentence?

1. Matthew Heimbach:

   Our members will instructed that if there's trouble to stand back and let law enforcement do its job.

2. California GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy:

   I will not stand back as a leader of this party, believing in this nation that all are created equal, that that stands or continues to stand and have any role with us.

3. Donald Trump:

   Proud Boys, stand back and stand by, but I’ll tell you what, I’ll tell you what, somebody’s got to do something about Antifa and the left because this is not a right-wing problem.

4. Michael Ibsen:

   When you're working away you just focus on joining two bits of wood, but at the end of the day when you stand back and think' I'm building Richard III's coffin,' it's incredible.

5. Sebastian Tynkkynen:

   If the coalition can't close the Swedish border and thereby stop 50,000 people from arriving in our country, the Finns Party cannot stand back and allow the immigration policy to be wrecked.

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