Hold back
Hold back verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Caan had to consciously hold back in the training scenes to make Williams seem more believable as the superior athlete.
Source: Irony as She Is Cast -
During the fight, Kana reveals that he was trying to make her angry, so she wouldn't hold back while they fight.
Source: Wax On, Wax Off - The Hollows are driven by a primal need to make others like them and the Shinigami hold back their own primal insticts through the companionship of the Hive Mind.
Source: Fan Fic / Project Tatterdemalion
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