hillitä itsensä — meaning in English
Finnish → English · translate English → Finnish instead
English meaning
- forbear verb To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
Senses
hillitä itsensä is used for these senses in English:
- forbear (intransitive) To control oneself when provoked.
- keep it together (informal, idiomatic) To maintain composure; to avoid an overly emotional reaction; to suppress an instinct or urge.
forbear — full definition
- verb To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
- verb To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
- verb To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
- verb To control oneself when provoked.