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Similar words: hand back · send back · hang back · land bank · sand bar · scale back · stand at · stand by · step back · stop back
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stand back

(v + adv) INTRANSITIVEseas siar  c m uit's good to stand back from your work is maith an rud seasamh siar ó do chuid oibre → see stand

Phrases and Examples in other entries

  • -backed »
    she stood very straight-backed bhí sí ina seasamh go colgdhíreach, bhí sí ina seasamh mar a bheadh saighdiúir ann
  • no »
    this is no time to stand back ní hé seo an t-am le seasamh siar
  • some »
    stand back some seas siar beagán
  • stand »
    stand back! seas siar!, druid siar!
  • stand »
    the house stands back from the gate tá an teach isteach ón ngeata, tá an teach giota siar ón ngeata
  • with »
    she stood with her back to the wall sheas sí agus a droim le balla aici
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