keep from

verb

1. (foll by a gerund) to prevent or restrain (oneself or another); refrain or cause to refrain

2. (tr) to protect or preserve from

Idioms and Phrases

Withhold; also, prevent. For example, What information are you keeping from me? or Please keep your dog from running through our garden . [c. 1340]

Restrain oneself, hold oneself back, as in I can hardly keep from laughing . [c. 1340]

Example Sentences

Bigger companies were able to front load their inventories in anticipation, and small businesses have been taking out loans and freezing hiring to keep from raising prices.

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All one can do is laugh at the absurdity of it all to keep from weeping.

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“It was all I could do to keep from slapping her for even asking that,” he grumbles.

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The way things are going, that will likely be the only way to keep from one day pouring a cool glass of cyanide from our sinks.

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The Nerves: How to keep from losing sleep?

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