keep back

verb

kept back; keeping back; keeps back

: to not go near something

The police asked the spectators to keep back.

The guide told us to keep back from the edge of the cliff.

Examples of keep back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The remaining capacity is kept back for UEFA and their key stakeholders, such as commercial partners. — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 30 May 2026

Soldiers stood in a row, keeping back the shivering crowd. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

Boston police, the Secret Service, and the hospital’s private security agents worked to keep back the throng. — Steven Levingston, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026

The best-selling seat’s backrest is designed for lumbar support to keep back pain at bay. — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 28 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for keep back

• aback
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback
• cutback