All gimme antonyms
gim·me
G g verb gimme
- refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
- imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- retain — to keep possession of.
- take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.