inhibit from doing

inhibit someone from doing something

to keep someone from doing something. We will attempt to inhibit Karen from doing it, but we have no control over her. A serious case of shyness inhibited Harry from participating in things.

inhibit something from doing something

to keep something from happening. We need to inhibit the weeds from further growth. The weeds were inhibited from spreading by the application of a pesticide.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Annalisa	-	Italian
VisitaciÓN	bee-see-tah-THYON (Spanish), bee-see-tah-SYON (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Duarte	DWART	Portuguese
Ejiro	-	Western African, Urhobo
Tasgall	-	Scottish
My	-	Swedish