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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1. Jeb Bush:

   I'm, for one, not going to stand back when someone is advocating a global depression.

2. Japanese Proverb:

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

3. Peter King:

   We have to be able to go in there and find out what's happening so we can be tipped off and not stand back and treat all communities as if they're the same, if it's Islamist terrorism, we have to have more surveillance in those communities.

4. Donald Trump:

   Proud Boys, stand back and stand by, but I’ll tell you what, I’ll tell you what, somebody’s got to do something about Antifa and the left because this is not a right-wing problem.

5. 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.