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stand back

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Verb1.stand back - stay clear of, avoid; "Keep your hands off my wife!"; "Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous"
keep one's distance, keep one's eyes off, keep one's hands off, stay away
be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
2.stand back - stand away from an object or person; "He stood back to look at her"
stand, stand up - be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"


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So he called aloud that he whom he should choose, and who would stand back to back with him in the fray, if victory were theirs, should be the first after him among the People of the Axe, and as he called, he walked slowly down the line scanning the faces of all, till he came to where Galazi stood leaning on the Watcher.
Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
“Fair play, Billy Kirby—stand back—make ‘em stand back, boys—gib a nigger fair play—poss-up, - gobbler; shake a head, fool; don’t you see
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
It's lucky he couldn't get fur into the church and had to stand back by the door, for as it was, he made a spectacle of himself.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
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