prevent from doing

prevent someone from doing something

to keep someone from doing something. You can't prevent me from doing it! We must try to prevent her from going back there.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Garey	GER-ee, GAR-ee	English
DezsŐ	-	Hungarian
Fedya	-	Russian
Stanford	STAN-fərd	English
Zelma	ZEL-mə	English
Chiemeka	-	Western African, Igbo