Dissuade

To dissuade someone means to talk them out of doing something they were planning to do, usually because it's not a good idea. For example, if your friend wants to eat too many sweets and you explain why it's unhealthy, you're trying to dissuade them.

Examples

• My teacher tried to dissuade us from using our phones during class, explaining that it could distract us from learning and make it harder to understand the important lessons she was teaching.
• When my friend wanted to skip practice for the big soccer game, I tried to dissuade him by reminding him how important teamwork and preparation are for our success as a team.
• After reading about the dangers of texting while driving, I felt it was my responsibility to dissuade my classmates from doing it, so I shared the statistics during our school assembly.

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