The Multilingual Sign Language Wordnet

Synset omw.01131473-v

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Lemmas: check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back

Definition: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; 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