Control and Hold back

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Control

Control verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).
Usage example: you must learn to control your temper
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Hold back is a synonym for control in restrain topic. In some cases you can use "Hold back" instead a verb "Control".
Nearby Words: controlled, controlling, controller, controllable

Hold back

Hold back verb - To refrain from openly showing or uttering.
Usage example: held back her tears until she was alone
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Control is a synonym for hold back in repress topic. Sometimes you can use "Control" instead a verb "Hold back".

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  • Series / Heroes Reborn (2015) She can make plants grow, can control water, seems able to control or at least communicate with bees, and apparently can even hold back the Earth's magnetic poles from switching.
    Source: Series / Heroes Reborn (2015)
  • Disney / Frozen Magic Feather: Elsa's gloves don't actually hold back her powers, but her confidence in them to do so helps give her a measure of control over them.
    Source: Disney / Frozen
  • Super-Powered Evil Side The most prominent example comes near the end of the game when Demigra takes control Future Trunks thinking that the hero won't be able to hurt his/her own friend; Trunks maintains enough control to ask you not to hold back.
    Source: Super-Powered Evil Side
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