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Definition of Keep out
1. Verb. Prevent from entering; shut out. "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
Specialized synonyms: Curse, Excommunicate, Unchurch, Lock Out, Ostracise, Ostracize
Generic synonyms: Keep, Prevent
Antonyms: Admit
Derivative terms: Exclusion, Shutter
2. Verb. Remain outside.
Definition of Keep out
1. Verb. (intransitive) To refrain from entering a place or condition. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keep Out
Literary usage of Keep out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... that De Foe had done more to keep out the Pretender, than the political tribe,
who profited from his zeal, yet detracted from his fame. ..."
2. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"A warning to all to keep out of the vain fashions of the world, which lead them
below the serious life; and not to fashion themselves according to the world ..."
3. United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Part IV. From Point Judith to New by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Herbert Gouverneur Ogden, John Ross, Herbert Cornelius Graves, Harry L. Ford (1899)
"STEAM VESSEL SHALL keep out OP THE WAY OF SAILING VESSEL. ... Every vessel which
is directed by these rules to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, ..."
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