keep away

keep away
verb
prevent from coming close (Freq. 2)
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I tried to keep the child away from the pool

• Hypernyms: ↑prevent, ↑keep
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something from somebody

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Somebody ——s somebody PP

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intransitive verb
: to sail less close to the wind
: to cause (a sailing ship) to keep away

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ˌkeep a ˈway [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they keep away he/she/it keeps away present participle keeping away past tense kept away past participle kept away] phrasal verb
to avoid someone or something, or to make someone else do this

I’ve told him to keep away, but he won’t listen.

keep away from:

You should keep away from fried foods.

You can’t keep the kids away from the computer.

Thesaurus: to avoid doing something, or to avoid somethingsynonym
Main entry: keep

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keep away (or keep someone away)
stay away (or make someone stay away)

keep away from the edge of the cliff


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