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Discover Ludwig"hold somebody back" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you want to describe someone preventing another person from achieving something. For example: "My parents always held me back from trying new things."
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"In the end I don't believe that it's productive to hold somebody back from something," Mr. McKenzie said.
"We have had long discussions with Ross about how he could continue with the team but it is a basic fact that you cannot hold somebody back when they have chosen to move on," he said.
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I like to look somebody in the face and hold somebody's hand.
We have to stay united and hold somebody's hands".
I hold somebody's hand for the sake of appearances.
Because I don't know why they should hold somebody's money!
That detail had fled my memory for years, but the other day, as I held somebody else's cat on my lap, it came back to me.
He held somebody's note, which bore Roosevelt's signature.
Somebody back in Pittsburgh?
I'm sure if I'd said yes he would have jumped off the cliff into the river, but somebody had to hold him back and say, 'No, no, no, let's not get carried away here!'" (The stunt was eventually carried out by professional stuntmen, with suited-up safety divers lurking in the depths nearby).
Hold back the dawn, hold back tomorrow.
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