stand back

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stand back (from someone or something)

to stand or move well away and to the rear of someone or something. Stand back from Sam. He is really angry. Would you please stand back from the edge?

See also: back, stand

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So he called aloud that he whom he should choose, and who would stand back to back with him in the fray, if victory were theirs, should be the first after him among the People of the Axe, and as he called, he walked slowly down the line scanning the faces of all, till he came to where Galazi stood leaning on the Watcher. Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context “Fair play, Billy Kirby—stand back—make ‘em stand back, boys—gib a nigger fair play—poss-up, - gobbler; shake a head, fool; don’t you see The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context It's lucky he couldn't get fur into the church and had to stand back by the door, for as it was, he made a spectacle of himself. Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context			stall for stall for time stall off stammer out stamp stamp a fire out stamp as stamp on stamp onto stamp out stamp out of stamp with stampede stampede in stampede into stampede out of stamping ground stand stand a chance stand a chance of stand and deliver stand apart stand around stand aside stand at stand back stand back of stand between stand by stand corrected stand down stand for stand ground stand head and shoulders above stand in stand in awe stand in good stead stand off stand off from stand on stand on ceremony stand on dignity stand on head stand on its head stand on own feet stand on own two feet stand on two feet stand or fall by stand out stand out a mile stand out from the crowd			Stand Alone Operator Position Stand Alone Photovoltaic Power System Stand Alone Power Systems Stand Alone Principle Stand Alone Public Engagement Fund Stand Alone Span Stand Alone Store Stand Alone Subsidiary Stand Alone Synchronization Equipment Stand Alone Tower Display System Stand Alone Weather Sensors stand aloof Stand and Be Counted Stand and Deliver Stand and Deliver Stand and Model stand apart stand apart stand apart stand around stand around Stand As A Witness stand aside stand aside stand aside stand at stand at stud stand at stud stand at stud stand at stud stand back Stand Back (Album April Wine) Stand Back (April Wine Album) stand back of stand bail stand bail stand bail stand behind stand behind stand behind someone or something stand between stand between stand by stand by stand by stand by stand by Stand By AC Supply Stand By For Ram stand by guns Stand by Me Stand By/Stop stand clear stand clear of something stand close to someone or something stand comparison stand comparison stand comparison stand comparison stand comparison stand corrected

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