See Also: refrain(medicine)
refrain(1)(dictionary)
refrain(2)(dictionary)
refrain 1, verb(dictionary)
refrain 2, noun(dictionary)

VIP (oh) and refrain (medicine)


VIP (oh)



very important person someone who is very famous or powerful and is treated with special care and respect
::They treated us like VIPs.
::We were given VIP treatment .

refrain (medicine)


refrain


The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition. "We hear the wild refrain." (Whittier)

Origin: F. Refrain, fr. OF. Refraindre; cf. Pr. Refranhs a refrain, refranher to repeat. See Refract,Refrain.

Source: Websters Dictionary