STAND BACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stand back mean? 

• STAND BACK (verb)
  The verb STAND BACK has 2 senses:

1. stay clear of, avoid

2. stand away from an object or person

  Familiarity information: STAND BACK used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAND BACK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stay clear of, avoid

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

keep one's distance; keep one's eyes off; keep one's hands off; stand back; stay away

Context example:

Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous

Hypernyms (to "stand back" is one way to...):

be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Stand away from an object or person

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

He stood back to look at her

Hypernyms (to "stand back" is one way to...):

stand; stand up (be standing; be upright)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

And yet Goodwin Hawtayne is not the man to stand back when his fellows are for pressing forward.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The roses of Loring and the boar's head of Buttesthorn may stand back in peace, but by my faith! they are not to be held back in war.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)