отказывать от дома

• ОТКАЗЫВАТЬ/ОТКАЗАТЬ ОТ ДОМА кому obs

[VP; subj: human]

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⇒ to stop receiving s.o. in one's home (because one harbors bad feelings toward s.o., no longer wants to associate with s.o. etc):

- X отказал Y-y от дома{{}}≈ X closed his door to Y;

- X forbade (did not allow, did not permit) Y to visit (to come to) X's house;

- X forbade Y to visit X;

- X told Y (that) Y was no longer welcome in X's home.

     ♦ "О, ему надо дать урок, чтоб этого вперёд не было! Попрошу ma tante отказать ему от дома: он не должен забываться..." (Гончаров 1). "He must be taught a lesson, so it doesn't happen again! I'll tell ma tante not to permit him to come to the house: he must not again forget himself" (1b).

     ♦ [Машенька:] Курчаеву не отказывайте от дому, пусть ездит (Островский 9). [М.:] Please, don't forbid Kurchaev to visit us. Let him come as before (9a).