Abstaining and refraining
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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- abstain
- abstainer
- abstemious
- abstemiously
- abstention
- abstinence
- abstinence-only
- abstinent
- back
- back off
- beg
- beg off
- business
- cut
- cutsomethingout
- desist
- disengage
- disengagement
- do
- fast
- finger
- forbear
- forbearance
- give
- give up
- hors de combat
- keep
- keep(someone/something)out ofsomething
- non-interference
- not be in the business ofsomethingidiom
- not lift/raise a fingeridiom
- on the wagonidiom
- play
- play hard to getidiom
- pull
- pull back
- refrain
- step
- step back
- stop
- stop short ofsomethingidiom
- swear
- swear offsomething
- touch
- truck
- wagon