discourage from

discourage (someone) from (something)

To dissuade or deter someone from doing something. I tried to discourage my daughter from going to that party, but of course she didn't listen to me. These regulations are in place to discourage CEOs of large companies from exploiting their employees. Because my parents always discouraged me from seeing Jeremy, we finally eloped to Alaska.

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discourage someone from something

to dissuade someone from doing something. I hope I can discourage Tom from leaving. I do not want to discourage you from further experimentation.

See also: discourage

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