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keep away

verb

  1. to refrain or prevent from coming (near)
  2. to stop using, touching, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

But most of the fans, performers, and industry folk keep away from the loud nightclubs, preferring an evening of schmoozing.

President Obama has been advised to keep away from the Israeli-Palestinian issue.

For example, if it were a kicking horse, he should warn the bailee to keep away from his legs.

I'm game for anything, Mollie dear, as long as you keep away from land-slides and wild animals.

She now thought to herself, If he cares for me, how can he keep away from me when he sees Coronado making eyes at me?

They were quite right to capture us, because we had no business to intrude here, having been warned to keep away from Loonville.

A volatile oil, used to keep away insects from textiles, is obtained from the leaves.

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