Hold back
Hold back verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.
Both terms in one sentence
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The final episode ESPECIALLY doesn't hold back on this trope; Ringo rewrites fate to save Himari.
Source: Screw Destiny - There is usually no way to save it, and even if the Poles somehow do hold back the Nazis, they'll get attacked from behind by the Soviets.
Source: Sacrificial Lamb / Video Games -
When you kill the wizard and save the comely maiden, you unintentionally task yourself with discovering a new means to hold back a demonic, world-destroying murder-machine.
Source: Video Game / Ultima Underworld
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