Word: forbear

Category: forbear

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Synonyms: forbear

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: forbear

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spanish
Translations:
antepasado
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german
Translations:
vorfahr
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french
Translations:
ancêtre, retenir, arrêter, réprimer
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italian
Translations:
antenato
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russian
Translations:
удерживаться, воздерживаться
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czech
Translations:
zadržet, předek
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polish
Translations:
powstrzymywać
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ukrainian
Translations:
утримуватися, предок
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estonian
Translations:
esivanem, taluma
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croatian
Translations:
izbjegavati

The meaning and "use of": forbear

verb
  • politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something; refrain. - the boy forbore from touching anything

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