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The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins, Chapter 12
VERB
choose not to do or have something enjoyable
It’s all I can do not to plunge my face into the water and gulp down as much as I can hold. But I have just enough sense left to abstain. With trembling hands, I get out my flask and fill it with water.
Related:
hold back; refrain; not drink