discourage

  • 41dissuade from — discourage from, disincline, deter, talk out of …

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  • 42get one down — discourage, depress (Informal) …

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  • 43throw cold water on — discourage, cause you to lose interest    Don t be negative. Don t throw cold water on our travel plans …

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  • 44put a damper on — discourage, spoil a person s fun The death of the president put a damper on the anniversary celebrations …

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  • 45throw cold water on — discourage, forbid My boss quickly threw cold water on my plan to go to New York on a field trip …

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  • 46put a damper on (to) —  Discourage.  ► “The demise of President Clinton’s healthcare reform plan has not put a damper on employer’s efforts to reduce healthcare costs by joining forces.” (Compensation & Benefits Review, March/April 1995, p. 15) …

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  • 47100 Broken Windows — Studio album by Idlewild Released 9 May 2000 Recorded 1999 at Air Studios …

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  • 48Tax, tariff and trade — The tax, tariff and trade laws of a political region, state or trade bloc determine which forms of consumption and production tend to be encouraged or discouraged. All three are often changed by a trade pact.Typically all three types of laws must …

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  • 49Draw by agreement — In chess, a draw by (mutual) agreement is the outcome of a game due to the agreement of both players to a draw. A player may offer a draw to his opponent at any stage of a game; if the opponent accepts, the game is a draw. The relevant portion of …

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  • 50Taboo food and drink — This article is about practices and beliefs in relation to various animals as food. For more discussion on religious views, see Unclean animals. Swine are considered treif (unfit or unclean) in Judaism and haraam (forbidden) in Islam. Taboo food… …

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