refrain

cannot refrain from laughing

forbear replying.See Synonyms at refrain 1

she refrained from comment.

abstain from traditional political rhetoric.See Synonyms at refrain 1

Please refrain from smoking during the performance.

Presenters and recipients at the next Academy Awards would be advised to refrain from rambling thank-you and unentertaining political proclamations.

From Alexander the grammarian, to refrain from fault-finding, and not in a reproachful way to chide those who uttered any barbarous or solecistic or strange-sounding expression;

" Data" , runs a common refrain, " is the new oil."

" So where next? " was his constant refrain.

So please refrain from praising me for it in the future.

Let's look at some deeper analysis then, so we have a refrain.

It was as difficult to stop his relentless pacing as to refrain from shouting.

Then, " The Yankees are coming" ! began to beat its refrain in her mind again.

The company suggests, though, that drivers, teenagers and pregnant women should refrain from drinking the latte.

The United States continues to call on all stakeholders to refrain from violence.

She could not refrain from going down and opening the door.

So by the end of the poem, the original remember refrain has taken on a different meaning.