The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word FORBEAR
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result FORBEAR
- Picked up nude after driver’s warning: ‘Don’t do it!’
- Refrain from anxiety when catching ball
- Cease to be patient after ceremony is cut short
- Avoid showing fright when catching the ball
- Refrain from turning back to collect book
- Spare an ancestor
- Avoid showing fright when catching ball
- Hold back ball in panic
- Dread going round globe and therefore don’t
- Refrain from terror engulfing world
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What does FORBEAR mean?
FORBEAR verb- To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
- To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
- To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
- To control oneself when provoked.
- An ancestor.