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keep (someone/something) off something

Phrasal Verb with keep
 
/kip/ verb (past tense and past participle kept)

Definition

B1 to not go onto an area, or to stop someone or something from going onto an area: Keep off the grass.
(Definition of keep (someone/something) off something from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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