deter from
Frequency: 9.555.3 per million words
The core grammatical pattern, used to specify what action is being discouraged.
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Examples (10)
- These new rules are likely to deter people from coming forward for help.
- The high price of the ticket might deter some fans from attending the concert.
- He was not deterred from speaking his mind, despite the criticism.
- Security cameras are designed to deter criminals from breaking into the property.
- The bad weather didn't deter us from going on our hike.
- The fear of failure should never deter you from pursuing your dreams.
- The company implemented new policies to deter employees from misusing company resources.
- Does the complexity of the subject deter students from choosing physics?
- The threat of legal action was enough to deter them from publishing the story.
- Nothing would deter her from achieving her goal of becoming a doctor.