REFRAIN


Meaning of REFRAIN in English

(~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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