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type | v |
lex_filenum | 33 |
def | hold back, as of a danger or an enemy |
def | check the expansion or influence of |
examples | Arrest the downward trend Check the growth of communism in South East Asia Contain the rebel movement Turn back the tide of communism |
Frame - 8 | Somebody ----s something |
Frame - 9 | Somebody ----s somebody |
Frame - 10 | Something ----s somebody |
Frame - 11 | Something ----s something |
Outgoing links | |
Hypernym | defend |
Derivationally related form | contain → containment; contain → containment |
Derivationally related form | stop → stop |
Hyponym | cut down, cut out |
Incoming links | |
Derivationally related form | containment → contain; containment → contain |
Derivationally related form | stop → stop |
Hypernym | cut down, cut out |
Hyponym | defend |
Also see | hold → hold back |
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