To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.
I did not cry at all, though I felt desperately like it; but the consciousness that Mr. Rutledge looked sharply at me to see how I took it, made me struggle harder to keep back my tears, and seem womanly and composed.
He seemed to look so through and through me with those black eyes of his, I didn't dare to keep back anything I knew.
I stared in my turn and couldn't keep back a movement of revulsion.
Although my diving suit was heavy enough to protect me from this animal's bites, I couldn't keep back a shudder of horror.
I exclaimed, unable to keep back a movement of disbelief.
Almost every day, during the period we have mentioned, the guard was turned out, the prisoners having their liberties were ordered to keep back, and a train of others in the stricter state of imprisonment were marched out to the arsenal.
Amongst these were two who had been with us on the previous day, and who called to the others to keep back.
I ordered the two men who accompanied me to keep back, until Mr. Brown could overtake and tell her that we intended no harm; and she was easily persuaded, after a brief conversation with our guide, to allow us to come near.
Our party beckoned to them to keep back, but they came over in three canoes.
They brought no arms, and had never attempted any warlike demonstrations, or to come forward when told to keep back; neither did they follow us.
Sergeant Colgan had come out of the barrack and was exerting all his authority to keep back a number of small children who wanted to investigate Mary Ellen's costume.
She lay there trying to keep back a burst of tears while she could hear the men moving about her.
He shifted his feet awkwardly as Mason introduced him to Percy Vanderpool and Mason tried hard to keep back a smile when he noticed a blank look spread over the cowboy's face as he sized Percy up.
Yes, mother," I cried, unable tokeep back my good news, knowing as I did how welcome it must be to them at such a time.
Keep back there," I cried, "and do not let me see one of those hands move towards breast or pocket.
I could hear the soft flap of wings plainly enough, and I could not help feeling hopeful as we toiled on, till suddenly Tom exclaimed: "Keep back!
So motioning to the others to keep back, I followed them up, taking care not to disturb any of them.
Telling the others therefore tokeep back I threw the rays of the lamp over roof and walls and floor as we proceeded.
But then, the political desperadoes who would enter on such a matter are a hard crowd; if they are in power, or at any rate in numerical force, they may not be easy to keep back.
Chartley, as the men advanced towards him again, "Keep back, for I am not to be laid hands on lightly.
Chartley, as the two first soldiers rode down towards him; "keep back, or the peril be upon your own heads.
Perhaps not: though in writing to a leech 'T is well to keep back nothing of a case.
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