From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Verb
[keep < ,,kept> back]
1. [en] To hold back ; to refuse to give or share.
2. [en] To stay back; to refrain from approaching.
3. [en] To restrict or restrain .
4. * {{ quote-journal | en | author=Daniel Taylor | title=Youthful England earn draw with Germany but Lingard rues late miss | work= [The Guardian] (London) | date=10 November 2017 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/10/england-germany-friendly-match-report
|passage=Germany eased off in the second half and this was a night when
Joachim Löw, like Southgate, took the opportunity to KEEP BACK his best XI.
}}
1. [en] To prevent (a pupil) from advancing in a course.
**** Translations
[restrict or restrain]
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