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keep away

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keep away
vb (adverb; often foll by from)
1. to refrain or prevent from coming (near)
2. to stop using, touching, etc.
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Verb1.keep away - prevent from coming close; "I tried to keep the child away from the pool"
prevent, keep - stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"


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But she did not understand why she was to keep away.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
Mother--but you are so hard that I cannot call you by such a name--why do you keep away from my father in this way?
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
If Dunsey did not come back for a few days (and Godfrey did not know but that the rascal had enough money in his pocket to enable him to keep away still longer), everything might blow over.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
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