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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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A number of Lionesses have asked to be kept away from media, not wanting to get caught up in the headlines or to create further division among their team-mates.

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"I haven't spoken to the players, I'm keeping away from them at the moment," she said.

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As audiences kept away, many theatres went out of business.

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Sheriff’s Department to keep away the boo birds who now track their every move.

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Still, even under the best circumstances, incarcerated students are broadly kept away from much of the human knowledge housed online.

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