Dictionary Entry
To maintain distance.
In a Sentence
“You had better stand back and let me operate the chainsaw.”
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Poetry examples for “stand back”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And sweeping round it with a flaming sword,
Made the dim trees stand back in wider circle--
Done so much and I know not how much more