Historical clue formulations

• Choose not to participate — 2025-01-28
• Stay away (from) — 2024-08-07
• Be a good designated driver — 2019-01-06
• Lay off — 2006-03-16
• What a celibate will do — 2005-05-21
• Forbear — 2005-01-23
• Not raise a hand, say — 2003-10-05
• Forbear — 2000-10-14
• Fast — 1999-05-07
• Forbear — 1997-02-23
• Sit on one's hands? — 1996-07-28
• Just say no? — 1993-12-15