stand back

se tenir à distance, reculer

Rester ou se déplacer à une distance suffisante de quelque chose pour être en sécurité.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : stand back from something (Stand back from the edge of the platform.)

Synonymes : keep back, stay back

Expressions courantes : stand back please, stand back safely

rester en retrait

Ne pas intervenir, pour laisser les autres agir ou décider.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : stand back from something (She stood back from the debate and listened.)

Synonymes : stay out, keep out

Contraires : join in

Expressions courantes : stand back quietly, stand back and watch

se placer loin du guichet

Au cricket, attendre loin derrière le guichet pour attraper les balles d’un lanceur rapide.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : stand back farther, stand back several yards