deter (someone or something) from (something)
deter (someone or something) from (something)
To cause or encourage someone not to do something. The threat of rain deterred us from going to the beach this weekend.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
deter someone or something from something
to prevent or discourage someone or a group from doing something. We can't seem to deter them from leaving. They were not deterred from their foolish ways.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- deter
- deter from
- do someone or something justice
- helluva someone/something
- hit someone for something
- ain’t 1
- go through someone like a dose of salts
- do a job on someone From do a number on something.
- go out of
- other than (something)