(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ from doing something, you deliberately do not do it.
Mrs Hardie ~ed from making any comment...
VERB: V from -ing/n
2.
A ~ is a short, simple part of a song, which is repeated many times.
...a ~ from an old song.
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3.
A ~ is a comment or saying that people often repeat.
Rosa’s constant ~ is that she doesn’t have a life.
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