constrain

constrain (one) from (doing something)

To prevent or hinder one from doing something. For years, stage fright constrained me from singing in public.
See also: constrain
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

constrain someone from doing something

to prevent someone from doing something; to hold someone back from doing something. I hope this doesn't constrain you from trying out for the play. His handicap did not constrain him from finishing the race.
See also: constrain
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • constrain (one) from (doing something)
  • constrain from doing
  • tie (one) down
  • tie down
  • tied down
  • close the door to (something)
  • cull (someone or something) out of (something)
  • cull out of
  • go out of
  • do somebody no favours
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EDBI's Long and Short-Term FCRs remain constrained by Iran's sovereign FCRs.
CI: Export Development Bank of Iran's Long-term Foreign Currency Rating upgraded to 'B+'
The report concludes that, in order to comply with the Climate Change Act, the only options are to manage future demand by increasing the cost of carbon, which would see fares soar, or constrain capacity at airports by ruling out any new runways.
'A new runway in south-east would bust our climate targets'
In the second report, the RSPB argues that the Airport Commission's recommendation that the southeast can have one new runway and still be compliant with the UK Climate Change Act assumes that aviation emissions will be constrained by regulatory measures.
'A new runway in south-east would bust our climate targets'
Next, we need to state interference constrain. Instantaneous interference constrain [e.sub.i,j] (t) for any two different cognitive nodes i and j at t can be expressed as
A novel prediction-based spectrum allocation mechanism for mobile cognitive radio networks
Key words: Constrained curve, positivity, least-square fit, interpolant, Shepard curve
POSITIVE MODIFIED QUADRATIC SHEPARD LEAST-SQUARE-FIT CURVES
For example, you could now select both AB and AC and from the Measurement Bar and constrain the angle BAC to 45[degrees].
Tangrams and constraint-based geometry
communities with the most constrained evacuation routes are:
For Many U.S. Communities, There's No Easy Path to Safety From Disasters
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Romanian central banker says policy could be constrained by bank tax
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Romanian central banker says policy could be constrained by bank tax
He argued that operationally there was 7,000 Megawatts of electricity ready for deployment, but still constrained at the distribution end.
2019 Budget: FG Earmarks N1bn For Expansion Of Electricity Distribution Network
A CONSTRAINED SUPPLY chain represents a challenge to Lean manufacturing processes, but in the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) market, the bigger challenge is often OEM misperceptions about strategies to address this.
Partnering in a Constrained EMS Market: There are times increasing inventories and AVLs makes sense
Suncor Energy said its growth plan is not constrained by pipeline bottlenecks and it does not anticipate making any further big investments in Canada's oil sands until market access is better, Reuters reports.
Suncor says growth plan not constrained by pipeline bottlenecks, Reuters says
This report describes the creation of a "constrained" shunt, using concentric deployment of an outer balloon-expandable stainless steel stent around the VIATORR endograft.
Adjustable diameter TIPS in the pediatric patient: the constrained technique
People self-optimize walking when selecting preferred gaits and walking speeds (Minetti and Alexander, 1997; Ralston, 1958; Saibene and Minetti, 2003; Waters and Mulroy; 1999) even when walking parameters are artificially constrained (Betram, 2005; Donelan et al., 2001; Holt et al., 1991; Minetti et al., 1995).
Exploring the Metabolic and Perceptual Correlates of Self-Selected Walking Speed under Constrained and Un-Constrained Conditions