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Phrase(s): prohibit someone from something
1. to prevent someone from doing something. • The committee voted to prohibit people from leaving before the meeting was over. • They prohibit anyone from being seated after the first act has started. 2. to keep someone out of some place. • Our policy is to prohibit people from the beach area after dark. • State law prohibits children from this dangerous area while the machines are running., Phrase(s): prohibit something from something
1. to prevent something from happening or from doing something. • My mother prohibits me from going out with friends on school nights. • Why do you want to prohibit the cars from traveling on this street during rush hour? 2. to keep something out of or away from something or some place. • The law prohibited bicycles from the sidewalks. • The city council prohibits unleashed dogs from the public parks.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs