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Definition of Keep away
1. Verb. Prevent from coming close. "I tried to keep the child away from the pool"
Definition of Keep away
1. Verb. To refrain or prevent from coming (near). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keep Away
Literary usage of Keep away
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1918)
"... he instructed the representative of Germany at Athens to inform Your Excellency
of this situation, and to give us the advice to keep away from Serbia as ..."
2. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1902)
"keep away results entirely till after going through the process, and then compare
them with and look through those of others. ..."
3. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"... than people in general are in effecting party reconciliations; and the men
most strongly opposed to one another began to keep away from her house. ..."
4. The Review of Applied Entomology by Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Imperial Bureau of Entomology (1916)
"These rings are connected with copper wire, giving rise to a very weak electrical
current sufficient to keep away the ants and even to destroy ..."
5. Social life of the Chinese: With Some Account of Their Religious by Justus Doolittle (1866)
"Charms or Amulets to expel or keep away evil Spirits and unpropitious ...
Charms or Amulets to expel or keep away evil Spirits and un- propitious Influences ..."
6. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"Presbyterian minister keep away from schools under such management, and in them,
therefore, the religious teaching- is denominational, that of the Roman ..."
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