Kept back synonyms | phrases

Phrases with similar meaning for Kept back

• bring to naught

  hold in check
• keep secret

  hold in check
• cut short

  hinder
• nip in the bud

  hinder
• play for time

  hinder
• slacken pace

  hinder
• hog-tie

  control
• dilly-dally

  cause stop in action
• bide time

  cause stop in action
• gain time

  cause stop in action
• not buy

  disagree
• spoken for
• dog-eared
• put on ice
• prevent passage
• keep in line
• be ruined
• make firm
• force into space
• be devoted
• grow less
• be adjacent to
• become embedded
• put in irons
• fly off the handle
• hold fast
• dog-ear
• gift-wrap
• drop the curtain
• keep within limits
• be constant
• stick like a barnacle
• make brief
• keep within bounds
• make a hitch
• make productive
• be true
• be attached
• make fast
• be bogged down
• be loyal
• jump down throat
• stick like glue
• render useful
• stick like barnacle
• lay foundation
• take an oath
• take in arms
• turn the key
• start ball rolling