This is the number you should call if, God forbid, you should get into an accident.
Heaven forbid that something bad should happen.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
heaven forbid — or (archaic) ● heaven * * * God/Heaven/forbid spoken phrase used for emphasizing that you hope something will not happen What would we do if, God forbid, that happened to one of our ki … Useful english dictionary
God (or Heaven) forbid — expressing a fervent wish that something does not happen. → forbid … English new terms dictionary
Heaven forbid (that …) — God/Heaven forˈbid (that…) idiom (informal) used to say that you hope that sth will not happen • ‘Maybe you ll end up as a lawyer, like me.’ ‘God forbid!’ Some people find this use offensive. Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Heaven forbid — ► God (or Heaven) forbid expressing a fervent wish that something does not happen. Main Entry: ↑forbid … English terms dictionary
Heaven forbid! — interj. God forbid!, Heavens no!, May it never be! (expression of protest or dismay) … English contemporary dictionary
God forbid — phrasal used as a mild invocation if he should fail, God forbid, all will be lost * * * God forbid May it not happen that • • • Main Entry: ↑god * * * God/Heaven/forbid spoken … Useful english dictionary
forbid — [[t]fə(r)bɪ̱d[/t]] forbids, forbidding, forbade, forbidden 1) VERB If you forbid someone to do something, or if you forbid an activity, you order that it must not be done. [V n to inf] They ll forbid you to marry... [ … English dictionary
forbid */*/ — UK [fə(r)ˈbɪd] / US [fərˈbɪd] verb [transitive] Word forms forbid : present tense I/you/we/they forbid he/she/it forbids present participle forbidding past tense forbade UK [fə(r)ˈbeɪd] / US [fərˈbeɪd] or forbad UK [fə(r)ˈbæd] / US [fərˈbæd] past … English dictionary
forbid past tense forbade — past participle forbidden / bIdn/ verb (T) 1 to tell someone that they definitely must not do something: You may not go to the party I absolutely forbid it! | forbid sb from doing sth: Women are forbidden from going out without a veil. | strictly … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
forbid — for|bid [fəˈbıd US fər ] v past tense forbade [ ˈbæd, ˈbeıd] past participle forbidden [ ˈbıdn] present participle forbidding [T] [: Old English; Origin: forbeodan] 1.) to tell someone that they are not allowed to do something, or that something… … Dictionary of contemporary English
