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

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

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

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

verb - to cause someone great pain esp. in order to make them give you information or to punish them

verb - to bend, stretch or move your arm etc., especially to show muscles or to prepare for an exercise

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

verb - to create a balance, to reduce or add something on one side in order to create a balance

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

verb - to make it possible for someone to experience something; to make it likely that something will influence someone

phrase - to begin with, a phrase used to refer to something that should have been said at the beginning