ban someone from something

ban someone from something
ban someone from something
1. to prohibit someone from doing something. •

We banned everyone from smoking.

Everyone has been banned from smoking.

2. to prohibit someone from entering something or some place. (The same as bar someone from some place.) •

They banned us from the building.

The manager banned the children from the theater.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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