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for·bid Listen to audio/fɚˈbɪd/ verb
for·bids; for·bade Listen to audio/-ˈbæd, -ˈbeɪd/ or for·bad Listen to audio/-ˈbæd/ for·bid·den Listen to audio/-ˈbɪd/ for·bid·ding
[+ obj] 1 : to order (someone) not to do something
I forbid you to go! She was forbidden by her parents to marry him. She was forbidden from marrying him.
2 formal : to say that (something) is not allowed
The museum forbids flash photography. The company's rules forbid dating among employees.
God/heaven forbid
used in speech to say that you hope a bad thing will not happen This is the number you should call if, God forbid, you should get into an accident. Heaven forbid that something bad should happen.

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