stop from doing



stop someone from doing something

to prevent someone from doing something. I can't stop her from running away. They couldn't stop themselves from eating.
See also: stop

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yishai-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Efraim-Hebrew, Biblical
ĽUba-Slovak
EmilijaEM-ee-lee-yah (Serbian, Croatian)Lithuanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
EifionAYV-yon, IEV-yonWelsh
Zubin-Persian