Hold back and Making ready

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

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Making ready is an antonym for hold back.

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Hold back is an antonym for making ready in topics: movement, prepare, convert for military use.

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Making ready and Hold back. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hold_back/making_ready

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Making ready or Hold back. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hold_back/making_ready.

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