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keep off
verb
to stay or cause to stay at a distance (from)
(preposition) not to eat or drink or prevent from eating or drinking
(preposition) to avoid or cause to avoid (a topic)
(intr, adverb) not to start
the rain kept off all day
Idioms and Phrases
Ward off, avert, as in She used a bug spray to keep off the mosquitoes . [Mid-1500s]
Stay away from, not touch or trespass on; also, prevent from touching or trespassing. For example, They put up a sign asking the public to keep off their property , or Please keep your feet off the sofa . [Late 1500s] Also see hands off .
Example Sentences
Our sentencing reforms will force prisoners to earn their way to release or face longer in jail for bad behaviour, while ensuring the most dangerous offenders can be kept off our streets.
However, the patient later died and a separate investigation was launched, as a result of which Miss Thorpe was kept off work for a total of two years.
As the scale of the disruption became clear, residents of Madrid were warned to stay put, keep off the roads and not to call emergency services unless "truly urgent".
Carvalho, in preparing for immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, said in January that he was hopeful that agents could be kept off campus entirely.
By 5 January 2024, Murder on the Dancefloor was back in the top 10 and would spend five weeks at number two, only kept off the top spot by Noah Kahan's Stick Season.
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