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bite one's lipTo forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute.Rate it:

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board upTo block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.Rate it:

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check and balanceProvide mutual oversight and limitation by independent organizations in order to prevent abuses of power.Rate it:

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keep confusion at bayTo keep confusion at bay means to avoid or prevent confusion.Rate it:

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stop someone in his tracksTo prevent someone from continuing along a path or way, literal or figurative, he has begun going along.Rate it:

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keep upTo maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating.Rate it:

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bite one's tongueTo forcibly prevent oneself from uttering a word.Rate it:

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keep fromTo prevent or restrain ; refrain or cause refrain.Rate it:

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back upSo as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows.Rate it:

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keep awayTo prevent from coming.Rate it:

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padded cellA room in insane asylum with padding on the walls to prevent delusional occupants from injuring themselves.Rate it:

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il faut à toute force l'empêcher de sortirYou must prevent him going out by all the means in your power; We must do all we can to prevent him going out.Rate it:

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animum alicuius ab iracundia revocareto prevent some one from growing angry, appease his anger.Rate it:

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block outto prevent from entering or penetratingRate it:

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block outto prevent (a thought) from entering one's mind.Rate it:

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blow itTo blow it is to mess-up, ruin, defeat, withdraw, prevent the completion of intended goal.Rate it:

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close the stable door after the horse has boltedTo attempt to prevent a problem only to find it has already happened.Rate it:

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count outTo prevent the accession of to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes.Rate it:

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eggs from sunkist hens -keep the kids' legs straight.means that eggs from hens living under plain sunlight (containing ultraviolet light) deliver Vitamin D an so prevent ricketsRate it:

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god willing and the creeks don't riseA way of answering 'yes' when someone asks if you are going to do something; the same as saying, "Yes, I will, unless something happens to prevent me that I cannot control"; if it is God's will and no disasters happenRate it:

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hold inTo keep to oneself; to prevent from escaping.Rate it:

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hush upTo keep secret, to prevent from becoming known.Rate it:

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idiot mittensMittens connected by yarn or string running through one sleeve, along the back and out the other sleeve of a coat, to prevent the mittens becoming lost. Generally worn by small children.Rate it:

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iron curtainA barrier made of iron in the theatre, lowered between the stage and the auditorium for safety or to prevent communication.Rate it:

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keep at bayprevent (someone or something) from approaching or having an effect.Rate it:

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keep backTo prevent from advancing in a course.Rate it:

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keep togetherTo strive to maintain a group; to prevent a group from separating; to remain together.Rate it:

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neighbourhood watchIn Britain, a local crime-prevention scheme. Under police supervision, groups of residents agree to increase watchfulness in order to prevent crimes such as burglary and vandalism in their area.Rate it:

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nip in the budTo remove a bud from a plant to prevent flower and fruit from forming.Rate it:

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no names, no pack drillNot mentioning the names of miscreants will prevent them from getting into trouble.Rate it:

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on ne sait quelle pièce y coudreOne does not know how to prevent (or, cure) it.Rate it:

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peg backTo equalize against; to prevent the opposition from winning.Rate it:

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plug upTo put a plug or bung into something to prevent leakage.Rate it:

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prevention is better than cureit is better to prevent the creation of a bad thing, than to destroy it.Rate it:

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rise aboveTo prevent something unfortunate or traumatic from affecting oneself.Rate it:

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save by the bellIn a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, to ring the bell which concludes the round and thereby to prevent a competitor who has been knocked down from being counted out by the referee.Rate it:

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save someone's skinto prevent an undesirable occurrenceRate it:

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slip one pastTo sneak something through a process or inspection; to hide something or conceal a fact; to prevent attention being drawn to something.Rate it:

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snow outTo prevent people entering somewhere, because of snow.Rate it:

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stand offTo prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture.Rate it:

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stave offTo prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.Rate it:

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step backTo prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation.Rate it:

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take awayTo prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.Rate it:

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the damage is doneThe harm has occurred, and nothing can be done to prevent it now; it might have been preventable, but cannot be prevented retroactively.Rate it:

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too muchTo a sufficiently strong degree to prevent some other action from happening.Rate it:

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vocem intercludere (Just. 11. 8. 4)to prevent some one from speaking.Rate it:

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ward offTo avert or prevent.Rate it:

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whip inTo prevent hunting hounds from straying from the pack by whipping them.Rate it:

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