Keep back and Tell

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Keep back verb - Keep under control; keep in check.

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Tell is an antonym for keep back in topics: extinguish, hold in check.

Tell verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.

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Keep back is an antonym for tell.

Nearby Words: telling, teller

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