keep (sb/sth) away
— phrasal verb with keep /kiːp/ verb (kept, kept)Definition
B2 to not go somewhere or near something, or to prevent someone from going somewhere or near something: Keep away from the edge of the cliff.Preventing and impedingLimiting and restrictingSeparateness and isolation in spaceAlone
(Definition of keep (sb/sth) away from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- apart adverb (SEPARATED)
- away adverb (INTO PLACE)
- away adverb (SOMEWHERE ELSE)
- bitty adjective
- clear adverb
- cloistered adjective (SEPARATE)
- detached adjective (SEPARATE)
- disconnected adjective
- divorced adjective (SUBJECTS)
- freely adverb (ABLE TO MOVE EASILY)
- give sth/sb a wide berth idiom
- hermetically sealed adjective
- isolated adjective
- loose adjective (NOT FIXED)
- parted adjective
- privacy noun
- private adjective (PERSONAL)
- purdah noun
- secluded adjective
- uninhabited adjective
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