verb - to hold someone back, to prevent somebody from doing something or going somewhere, to make it difficult for someone to do something or go somewhere

verb, formal - to hold someone back, to prevent somebody from doing something or going somewhere, to make it difficult for someone to do something or go somewhere

phrase - not to join in a fight, argument, not to behave the way others do, to ignore idiocy, to do what you think is morally right

adjective, technical - impossible to make smaller, simpler, or easier to deal with; not able to be reduced or simplified further

adverb - used to introduce a different way of saying something, often to make it clearer or easier to understand

verb - to try to be more successful than someone else who is trying to do the same as you

verb - to think about something again in order to decide if you need to change your opinion about it

verb - to tell somebody that you want something good to happen to them, esp. at their birthday party etc.

verb - to discourage; to persuade somebody to stop doing something because it is not a very good idea etc.