The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DAMUP , but the solution may also be DETAIN which is one of the most recent solution (2009 in USA Today).
Keep back crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DAMUP | 22 % | 5 |
| FLUNK | 11 % | 5 |
| RESERVE | 11 % | 7 |
| FORBEAR | 11 % | 7 |
| RETARD | 11 % | 6 |
| STIFLE | 11 % | 6 |
| DETAIN | 11 % | 6 |
| HINDER | 11 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Keep back
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hold back
- withhold
- restrain
- retain
- keep
- hold
- stand back
- keep away from
- keep away
- set back
- detain
- turn back
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DAMUP
- Create an obstruction
- Stanch, as a river
- Obstruct
- Work like a beaver
- Block, as a stream
- Clog
- Cause a blockage in
- Block
- Stop from flowing
- Keep from overflowing
More clues leading to the result FLUNK
- Not even get a D
- Not pass
- Fail
- One usually leads to a repeat
- Score below D
- Earn an F
- Do badly
- Fail: Colloq.
- Fail.
- Not make the grade.
More clues leading to the result RESERVE
- Book
- Part of ROTC
- Save
- See 57 Across
- Call dibs on
- Save for future use
- Avoidance of intimacy
- High-quality wine
- Bench warmer
- Store of provisions
More clues leading to the result FORBEAR
More clues leading to the result RETARD
- Slow down
- Make slower
- Slow
- Put the brakes on
- Slow up
- Delay progress
- Throttle down
- Impede
- Impede, as progress
- Hinder
More clues leading to the result STIFLE
- Bunker command?
- Suppress
- Suppress, as a cough
- Sit on
- Put a lid on
- Horse's knee
- Suppress, as a yawn
- Archie Bunker command
- Squelch
- Archie's admonition to Edith
More clues leading to the result DETAIN
- Hold back
- Hold up
- Keep in custody
- Hold in custody
- Keep from leaving
- Hold for questioning, perhaps
- Hold
- Check.
- Make late.
- Hold back.