stand back

apartarse, mantenerse alejado

Mantenerse o alejarse a una distancia segura de algo.

En inglés sencillo: To stay or move a safe distance away from something.

• Please stand back.
• We stood back from the fire.
• The police asked the crowd to stand back while the ambulance arrived.

Cómo se usa: stand back from something (Stand back from the edge of the platform.)

Sinónimos: keep back, stay back

Expresiones frecuentes: stand back please, stand back safely

mantenerse al margen

No intervenir, dejando que otras personas actúen o decidan.

En inglés sencillo: To avoid taking part, allowing others to act or decide.

• I chose to stand back.
• He stood back and let his children solve the problem.
• Can we really stand back while our friends argue?

Cómo se usa: stand back from something (She stood back from the debate and listened.)

Sinónimos: stay out, keep out

Antónimos: join in

Expresiones frecuentes: stand back quietly, stand back and watch

situarse lejos del wicket

En críquet, esperar lejos detrás del wicket para atrapar las pelotas de un lanzador rápido.

En inglés sencillo: In cricket, to wait far behind the wicket to catch balls from a fast bowler.

• The keeper stood back.
• You should stand back when this fast bowler bowls.
• Our wicketkeeper stood back several yards to catch the rising ball.

Expresiones frecuentes: stand back farther, stand back several yards