preclude someone or something from something

preclude someone or something from something
preclude someone or something from something
to prevent someone or something from being included in something; to eliminate someone from something in advance. •

Your remarks do not preclude me from trying again, do they?

These facts do not preclude my company from consideration, do they?


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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