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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

... which was not in good trim; and the conversation had been changed to suit the occasion. In talking of the affairs of the "Chain," it was required that one of the party should look forward, and the other aft, if there were two of them; and that the third, if there were three, should stand back to the nearest rail. It was further required that the conversation should not take place in a situation where it would be possible for any one to overhear them. The lee side of the waist,—the midshipman of the watch always being on the weather side,—the top-gallant forecastle, and the tops ...

— Outward Bound - Or, Young America Afloat • Oliver Optic

... the sable steed that bore The spectral lover of Lenore, His nostrils snorting foam and fire, No stretch his bony limbs can tire; And now the stand he rushes by, And "Stop him!—stop him!" is the cry. Stand back! he 's only just begun— He's having out three ...

— The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

... the workman loses, in the grind of the machine, his sense of the value of his work. Next to his pride of skill the workman has always been proud to be the connoisseur: stand back near the light with his product on his upraised hand, showing to all passers-by what he has done. Perhaps it was a red morocco slipper for a dancer, or a pearl button to go on the cloak of a little child, or maybe it was a horseshoe to go on the mayor's ...

— Analyzing Character • Katherine M. H. Blackford and Arthur Newcomb

... "Stand back, or I'll plug you, sure as I'm a foot high! There's hell to pay here, an' me friend gets a ...

— 'Firebrand' Trevison • Charles Alden Seltzer

... "'Stand back! Go 'way! I can no longer stay Although you are a Marquis or a Earl! You may tempt the upper classes With your villainous demi-tasses But— Heaven ...

— The Common Law • Robert W. Chambers

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