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KEEP AWAY
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prevent from coming close
Example:
I tried to keep the child away from the pool
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "keep away" is one way to...):
keep; prevent (stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Context examples:
I can't keep away from it.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
They might return to Mansfield when they chose; travelling could be no difficulty to them, and she could not comprehend how both could still keep away.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
His mother and fear impelled him to keep away from the white wall.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
You might be working on an ad campaign that is quite original and effective or a publicity campaign that you need to keep away from the prying eyes of competitors.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
But the Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the basket, for it enabled him to keep away from the fire, as he feared a spark might get into his straw and burn him up.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Let him keep away.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It would really be gratifying to see them all again, and a little addition of society might be of infinite use to them; and as to yourself, you must feel yourself to be so wanted there, that you cannot in conscience—conscientious as you are—keep away, when you have the means of returning.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
And after two or three painful adventures with the mothers of part-grown puppies, he came into the knowledge that it was always good policy to let such mothers alone, to keep away from them as far as possible, and to avoid them when he saw them coming.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
"You will be very welcome," answered Dorothy, "for you will help to keep away the other wild beasts. It seems to me they must be more cowardly than you are if they allow you to scare them so easily."
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
That I suffered much in these contentions, that they filled me with unhappiness and remorse, and yet that I had a sustaining sense that it was required of me, in right and honour, to keep away from myself, with shame, the thought of turning to the dear girl in the withering of my hopes, from whom I had frivolously turned when they were bright and fresh—which consideration was at the root of every thought I had concerning her—is all equally true.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
