Hold back and Keep up

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Hold back verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.

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Keep up and hold back are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keep up" instead a verb "Hold back".

Keep up verb - To continue to operate or to meet one's needs.

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Hold back and keep up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hold back" instead a verb "Keep up".

Fake Assassin was at least able to keep up with other Servants, even being able to hold back Berserker, and could possibly even be able to defeat a strong Saber if he didn't want to rush the battle's end.

Source: The Scrappy / Visual Novels

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