Synonyms for stand back
stand back

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1. stand back

   Synonyms:
   avoid, hold aloof, hold off, keep aloof, keep away, keep clear, keep out, let alone, let be, retire, stand aside, stand away, stand off, withdraw

   Antonyms:
   arbitrate, intercede, intercept, interfere, intermeddle, interpose, interrupt, meddle, mediate

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay awayverb

   stay clear of, avoid

   "Keep your hands off my wife!"; "Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous"

   Synonyms:
   keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away

2. stand backverb

   stand away from an object or person

   "He stood back to look at her"

   Synonyms:
   keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away

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How to use stand back in a sentence?

1. Unknown:

   We stare into the fire of life, the flame of the soul, Yet we stand, so far away, Basking in the eternal energy that flows from within it, We stand back, too scared to approach the flames.

2. Japanese Proverb:

   Proverb : Fall seven times and stand up eight Meaning :When life knocks you down, stand back up;

3. Michael Ibsen:

   When you're working away you just focus on joining two bits of wood, but at the end of the day when you stand back and think' I'm building Richard III's coffin,' it's incredible.

4. Sebastian Tynkkynen:

   If the coalition can't close the Swedish border and thereby stop 50,000 people from arriving in our country, the Finns Party cannot stand back and allow the immigration policy to be wrecked.

5. Bill Chickering:

   Anger is a very appropriate and necessary response to an injustice. But stand back now the truth, clearly spoken, is always your best weapon. Calmly spoken, it can burn a hole through the hardest heart.