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Definition of "keep off" [keep off]

  • To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from). (verb)

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Use "keep off" in a sentence
  • "Sandeman said they should keep off the main road because that was where Giles was most likely to look for them."
  • "Michael Phelps has famously described taking in about 12,000 calories per day, so it would appear that swimming can keep off the pounds."
  • ""I'll have Sambo and Quimbo up here, to sing and dance one of their hell dances, and keep off these horrid notions," said Legree; and, putting on his hat, he went on to the verandah, and blew a horn, with which he commonly summoned his two sable drivers."