“Resign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand%20back. Retrieved 11 October 2022. The house is about twenty meters from the sidewalk. I forced myself to restrain myself and assess the situation. Children were asked to restrain themselves from the fire. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! Find the answers online with Practical English Usage, your go-to guide to problems in English. Find out which words work together and create more natural English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.