English
Pronunciation
Verb
stand back (third-person singular simple present stands back, present participle standing back, simple past and past participle stood back)
- (intransitive) To maintain distance.
You had better stand back and let me operate the chainsaw.
- (intransitive) To abstain from participation.
While others debated the proposals, he stood back.
- (intransitive, cricket) (of a wicket-keeper) to stand a long way behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a fast bowler
Translations
maintain a safe distance
- Armenian: ետ կանգնել (et kangnel)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 保持距離 / 保持距离 (bǎochí jùlí),
- Finnish: katsoa vierestä
- French: reculer (fr)
- German: zurückbleiben (de), zurücktreten (de)
- Portuguese: distanciar-se, ir para trás, afastar-se, sair de perto, dar espaço, dar distância, recuar (pt), ficar de longe, ficar afastado
- Russian: держа́ться сза́ди impf (deržátʹsja szádi), отступа́ть (ru) impf (otstupátʹ), отступи́ть (ru) (otstupítʹ), отходи́ть (ru) impf (otxodítʹ), отойти́ (ru) (otojtí)
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to abstain from participation
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: ձեռնպահ մնալ (jeṙnpah mnal), չմասնակցել (čʻmasnakcʻel)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 不介入 (bù jièrù), 置身事外 (zh) (zhìshēnshìwài)
- Czech: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: please add this translation if you can
- French: se taire (fr), s'abstenir (fr)
- German: zurückhalten (de) (reflexive)
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: please add this translation if you can
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Portuguese: ficar de fora
- Russian: остава́ться в стороне́ impf (ostavátʹsja v storoné), не вме́шиваться impf (ne vméšivatʹsja)
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: đứng ngoài
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(cricket) to stand a long way behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a fast bowler
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