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Stand back

verb

Stay clear of, avoid. Synonyms: keep one's distance, keep one's eyes off, keep one's hands off, stay away. "Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous"

Stand away from an object or person.

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"Stand back" Quotes from Famous Books

... drowned man and woman, all chattering and squabbling among themselves, and probably over the plunder, for I saw that the bodies had been stripped to their underclothing. Rushing into the crowd, with the aid of a stick I dispersed it, so far as to make the wretches stand back. The man, of course, was Bransome, there was no doubt as to that, although he had received a terrible blow on the left temple, most likely from the pointed stem of the boat as it had toppled over upon him, and his face was ...

— Stories by English Authors: Africa • Various

... game, or exercise, in which two persons stand back to back, with their arms interlaced, and lift each ...

— The Dialect of the West of England Particularly Somersetshire • James Jennings

... "Stand back!" he cried, fiercely, to the men who made a faint show of barring his passage. "I'll finish you all off at a stroke if ...

— Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks - Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series • Bracebridge Hemyng

... humbly from out their path. These were men, useful to the world, strong for labor. He must needs stand back ...

— The Brimming Cup • Dorothy Canfield Fisher

... were about to leave the mine. At the same instant the harsh clang of the engine-room gong was heard. The wire cable was strained taut, and then began to move slowly over its rollers. "They are coming!" shouts the mine boss. "Stand back and give ...

— Derrick Sterling - A Story of the Mines • Kirk Munroe

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