Usually means: Restrained from progressing or advancing.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word held back:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. held back: Merriam-Webster
  2. held back: Collins English Dictionary
  3. held back: Vocabulary.com
  4. held-back: Wordnik
  5. held back: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. held back: Wiktionary
  7. Held Back: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. held back: Legal dictionary
  2. Held Back: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Held Back: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Held Back: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Held Back: Idioms


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