All 3 Uses of
refrain
in
Great Expectations
- While I thought you could not help yourself, as it were, I refrained from saying it.†
Chpt 44 *
- As we passed Mr. Barley's door, he was heard hoarsely muttering within, in a strain that rose and fell like wind, the following Refrain, in which I substitute good wishes for something quite the reverse:— "Ahoy!†
Chpt 46
- No precaution could have been more obvious than our refraining from communication with him that day; yet this again increased my restlessness.†
Chpt 53
Definition:
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(refrain as in: refrain from laughing) avoid or resist doing something