warn off
phrasal verbwarn somebody off (something)
- to tell somebody to leave or stay away from a place or person, especially in a threatening way
- The farmer warned us off his land when we tried to camp there.
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- to advise somebody not to do something or to stop doing something
- She wanted to ask him about it but the look in his eyes warned her off.
- warn somebody off doing something We were warned off buying the house.