n.
1.a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
2.a decree that prohibits something
3.the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
4.refusal to approve or assent to
5.the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
Idiom of the Day
under the influence of (someone or something)
experiencing the effects of alcohol or drugs or a controlling power or person
The driver was under the influence of alcohol when he hit the young child. The woman is under the influence of her boss.