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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

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How to use stand back in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. John Cornyn:

    I think that's the lesson of last week, that needs to be done on a bipartisan basis so we're happy to work on it with Democrats if we can find any who are willing to do so rather than those who just want to stand back and enjoy the show.

  3. Unknown:

    We stare into the fire of life, the flame of the soul, Yet we stand, so far away, Basking in the eternal energy that flows from within it, We stand back, too scared to approach the flames.

  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. Monica Alexander:

    I don’t want to see our citizens killed over a bad situation that could’ve been avoided if we just stand back and take a few minutes, slowing the process down is what we’re teaching.


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  • zurückbleibenGerman
  • un paso atrásSpanish
  • katsoa vierestäFinnish
  • չմասնակցել, [[ետ]] [[կանգնել]], [[ձեռնպահ]] [[մնալ]]Armenian
  • ficar de fora, [[sair]] [[de]] [[perto]], [[distanciar]]-[[se]], dar distância, [[ir]] [[para]] [[trás]], [[ficar]] [[de]] [[longe]], [[ficar]] [[afastado]], [[dar]] [[espaço]], [[afastar]]-[[se]], recuarPortuguese
  • sta în spateRomanian
  • [[остава́ться]] [[в]] [[сторона, [[держа́ться]] [[сза́ди]], отступи́ть, отойти́, [[не]] [[вме́шиваться]], отступа́ть, отходи́тьRussian

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