"prevent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Woodward's mother, however, believed that the shooting had been deliberate, yet stepped in to prevent further scandal.
- Then he yelped and duly stepped back to prevent worse coming his way.
- They did not want to lose him, so they stepped in to prevent it.
- He often steps in to prevent Futaba from causing more trouble.
- It seems he had investigated my statements, found them to be correct, and stepped in to prevent any further mischief being done.
- "As a matter of fact, one of the other officers seemed to be stepping in to prevent any further conduct by this officer."
- You'd have to step carefully to prevent Ichabod from falling off.
- So he decided to make a stand on principle and stepped in personally to prevent it.
- He called on the EU to step in to prevent the situation from escalating into a civil war.
- Marcus threatened to thrash him, then other people stepped in to prevent the fight.
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