restrain from — to hold back or control oneself from doing something
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to hold back or control oneself from doing something
Pronunciation (IPA): /rɪˈstreɪn frʌm/
Example Sentences
- My cat somehow restrained herself from knocking over my coffee mug this morning.
- She had to restrain herself from correcting her boss's terrible pronunciation.
- Please restrain yourself from using your phone during the meeting.
restrain from
VERB[/rɪˈstreɪn frʌm/]
to hold back or control oneself from doing something
💡 Concept
to hold back or control oneself from doing something
🎵 Rhyme
Restrain from rage, let the therapist explain how to contain!
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🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/rɪˈstreɪn frʌm/
🇬🇧 UK/rɪˈstreɪn frɒm/
🌳Etymology
Prefixre--
Rootstrain
🎵Rhyme
maintainexplaincontain
maintain
explain
contain
🔗Collocations
restrain from commenting
restrain from laughing
restrain from violence
restrain oneself from
barely restrain from
restrain from interfering
📝Examples
😄 Fun example
“My cat somehow restrained herself from knocking over my coffee mug this morning.”
😄 Fun example
“She had to restrain herself from correcting her boss's terrible pronunciation.”
“Please restrain yourself from using your phone during the meeting.”
“I barely restrained myself from buying that expensive gadget online.”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
refrain fromabstain fromhold back fromresistcontrol oneself
Antonyms
indulge ingive in tosurrender to
Related
self-controldisciplinewillpowerconstraint
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