forbid

Definition

  • verb: to order (someone) not to do something
  • verb: to proscribe from or as if from the position of one in authority
  • synonyms: preclude, hinder, prevent

Examples

  • This is the number you should call if, 'God forbid', you should get into an accident.

  • The company's rules 'forbid' dating among employees.

  • She was 'forbidden' by her parents to marry him.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) lt's all right, miss. lt's all right, miss. Tea, Trudy. Yes, ma'am. You're not to see that boy again. Do you understand me ? Rose, l forbid it. Oh, stop it, Mother. You'll give yourself a nosebleed. This is not a game. Our situation is precarious. You know the money's gone. You remind me every day. (..)
    1997 Titanic