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

  • (..) Don't say "bring him home alive," Vincent. You know what? These interviews aren't easy. So god forbid i try to say something proactive and positive. Annie. No more Vincent on TV. Copy that. (..)
    2015 The Martian