Keep Away

Definition: Keep Away

Keep Away

Verb

1. Prevent from coming close; "I tried to keep the child away from the pool".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Absence

Verb: be absent; Adjective: keep away, keep out of the way; play truant, absent oneself, stay away; keep aloof, hold aloof.

Distance

Remain at a distance; keep away, keep off, keep aloof, keep clear of, stand away, stand off, stand aloof, stand clear of, stay away, keep one's distance'.

Crosswords: Keep Away

You keep away from me (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green)

to keep away devils (The Dragon, the Odds; writing credit: Guy Lux)

Didn't I warn you to keep away from those fanatics (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramón De España)

Keep away from the windows (Kiss Me Deadly; writing credit: Mickey Spillane; A.I. Bezzerides)

Keep away! The sow is mine (The Exorcist; writing credit: William Peter Blatty)

Keep away from-a Runaround Sue ("Runaround Sue"; performing artist: Dion)

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Keep safe from AIDS : keep away from casual sex. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Woman, keep away from that big city chap!. Credit: Library of Congress.

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This word, though it is vague, is clear enough to keep away good and evil which excite desire and loathing

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Human Rights

Bangladesh

In January this year, the victim's wife told reporters that the public prosecutor in the case told her to keep away from the court. (references)

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Expression using "keep away": keep away from. Additional references.

Albanian

rri mënjanë (keep one's distance, keep oneself to oneself, stand aloof, stand by), largoj (avert, avoid, brush away, brush off, call off, cast out, despatch, dislodge, dismiss, dispatch, dispel, divert, eliminate, estrange, freeze out, keep off, lead off, lift out, pack off, push aside, push away, push off, put off, relegate, remove, seclude, stave off, take away, turn, wean, whiffle). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منعه من الإقتراب, ‏إبتعد عن (drive out, forswear, give a wide berth to, keep off, steer clear of, wear off), ‏إبتعد (distance, feel one's way, give a wide berth, go away, pull away, recede, roll away, stand, subside, sweep). (various references)

Bulgarian 

гоня (badger, chivy, drive, follow, persecute, prey upon, prosecute, pursue, push, run, run after, shag, victimize), отстранявам (chase, cut away, eliminate, extirpate, fend off, get away, obviate, preclude, push aside, push away, reject, remove, repel, send off, shake, sweep away, take out, weed out), задържам (apprehend, arrest, can, contain, detain, deter, entrap, hold, hold back, hold off, hold over, hold up, immobilize, inhibit, keep, keep back, keep down, occlude, press back, reserve, restrain, retain, trig), пъдя (whip off), попречвам да дойде. (various references)

Chinese 

避 (avoid, escape, flee, leave, shun, to hide, to keep away, to leave). (various references)

Czech

vyhýbat se (avoid, eschew, evade, shun, stand aloof, stay off), držet se stranou (hold back, make oneself inconspicuous), držet se opodál. (various references)

Danish

S4 (keep away from living quarters), S17 (keep away from combustible material), S16 (keep away from sources of ignition-No smoking), S15 (keep away from heat), S14 (keep away from...(incompatible materials to be indicated by the manufacturer)), S13 (drink and animal feeding stuffs, keep away from food), må ikke udsættes for varme (keep away from heat), må ikke opbevares sammen med nærings-og nydelsesmidler samt foderstoffer (drink and animal feeding stuffs, keep away from food), må ikke opbevares i nærheden af beboelse (keep away from living quarters), holdes væk fra brændbare stoffer (keep away from combustible material), holdes væk fra antændelseskilder-rygning forbudt (keep away from sources of ignition-no smoking). (various references)

Dutch

verwijderd houden van eet-en drinkwaren en van dierenvoeder (drink and animal feeding stuffs, keep away from food), S14 (keep away from...(incompatible materials to be indicated by the manufacturer)), S15 (keep away from heat), S16 (keep away from sources of ignition-No smoking), S17 (keep away from combustible material), S4 (keep away from living quarters), S13 (drink and animal feeding stuffs, keep away from food), verwijderd houden van eet- en drinkwaren en van diervoeder (drink and animal feeding stuffs, keep away from food), verwijderd van woonruimten opbergen (keep away from living quarters), verwijderd houden van ontbrandbare stoffen (keep away from combustible material), verwijderd houden van ontstekingsbronnen - Niet roken (keep away from sources of ignition-No smoking), verwijderd houden van ontstekingsbronnen-niet roken (keep away from sources of ignition-no smoking), verwijderd houden van warmte (keep away from heat), verwijderd van woonruimte opbergen (keep away from living quarters), verwijderd houden van brandbare stoffen (keep away from combustible material). (various references)

Finnish

välttää (avoid, elude, escape, evade, keep away from), pysyä erillään jostakin (keep aloof from, keep away from, stand aloof from). (various references)

French

ne pas s'approcher, empêcher de s'approcher. (various references)

German

fernhalten (keep off, to keep away). (various references)

Greek 

κρατώ σε απόσταση (hold off, keep back), μένω μακριά (keep off, stay away). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תרחק (forswear, go far, keep away from, keep out, recede, remove oneself, sheer off, shun). (various references)

Hungarian

távol tart (to hold off, to keep away, to keep off, to keep out), távol marad (outstay, to hold off, to keep away, to keep back, to keep off, to keep out, to seclude oneself). (various references)

Italian

tenere lontano da sostanze combustibili (keep away from combustible material), S4 (keep away from living quarters), S17 (keep away from combustible material), S16 (keep away from sources of ignition-No smoking), S15 (keep away from heat), S14 (keep away from...(incompatible materials to be indicated by the manufacturer)), S13 (drink and animal feeding stuffs, keep away from food), conservare lontano dal calore (keep away from heat), conservare lontano da locali di abitazioni (keep away from living quarters), conservare lontano da locali di abitazione (keep away from living quarters), conservare lontano da fiamme e scintille-non fumare (keep away from sources of ignition-no smoking), conservare lontano da alimenti o mangimi e da bevande (drink and animal feeding stuffs, keep away from food). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

寄せ付けない (keep off). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

よせつけない (keep off). (various references)

Manx

freayll ersooyl. (various references)

Pig Latin

eepkay awayay.(various references)

Portuguese

manter-se afastado (keep off), afastar-se (absent onself, depart, go away, hide, leave, retire, straggle, turn away, veer), afastar (alienate, avert, call away, depart, deviate, dispel, displace, distract, diverge, divert, do away with, eliminate, estrange, fend, get rid of, hold off, keep off, lay off, make away, move away, obviate, relegate, remove, repel, retire, rid, separate, wean, withdraw). (various references)

Romanian

se ţine la distanţã (hold aloof, keep aloof, keep one's distance, stand aloof, stand off), ascunde (cloak, conceal, Cork, cover, curtain, cushion, disguise, dissemble, ensconce, enwrap, hide, hood, hugger mugger, keep back, mask, put away, put by, screen, secrete, shroud, smooth, tuck, tuck away, veil, wrap), ţine la distanţa. (various references)

Russian 

препятствовать (balk, be in the road, clog, estop, get in smb.'s road, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, interrupt, militate, preclude from, prohibit, short circuit), держаться в отдалении (keep away from, make oneself scarce). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

izbegavati nekoga (keep away from), držati se podalje. (various references)

Spanish

separar (break off, break up, come between, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, divide, get away, hive off, move away, open, pull apart, segregate, separate, sever, take away), no venir, no meterse, no llegar, no dejarse ver, no dejar (drop across, keep), no acudir (break, leak), mantenerse alejado, mantenerse a distancia (hold back, hold off, keep aloof, keep off), mantener (abide, hold, hold up, keep, keep in, keep on, keep up, maintain, prop, provide for, raise, service, support, sustain, tend, wedge), evitar (avert, avoid, balk, baulk, bypass, circumvent, elude, escape, eschew, evade, exclude, guard against, obviate, preclude, prevent, provide, save, shirk, shut out, sidestep, spare, stave off, ward off), alejarse de (give a wide berth to, keep off), alejar (alienate, avert, banish, drive off, keep off, move away, put off, remove, take away). (various references)

Swedish

hålla sig borta. (various references)

Thai

อยู่ห่าง (keep away from). (various references)

Turkish

yaklaşmamak (keep away from, keep off, keep out, keep out of), uzak tutmak (curb, hold at bay, hold off, keep apart, keep at bay, keep off, keep out, stand off), uzak durmak (avoid, avoid smb., dissociate oneself from, give a wide berth to, keep aloof, keep away from, keep off, keep one's distance, keep out, keep out of, short circuit, shrink away, shun, stand aloof, stand apart, stand off, stay away from), sokulmamak. (various references)

Ukrainian

триматися осторонь (keep aloof, keep apart, stand aloof), не підпускати. (various references)

arcam, arce, arci, arcis, effugere, effugerent, effugeret, effugerunt, effugi, effugiant, effugiat, effugiemus, effugient, effugies, effugiet, effugisti, effugit, effugiunt, ineffugibilem. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Keep Away" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: keeo away. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: apeak, apeek, awake, pawky, payee, peaky, weepy.

-4 letters: akee, away, awee, kapa, keep, peak, peek, peke, wake, weak, week, weep, weka, yawp.

-5 letters: ape, awa, awe, aye, eke, ewe, eye, kae, kay, kea, kep, key, paw, pay, pea, pee, pew, pya, pye, wae, wap, way, wee, wye, yak, yap, yaw, yea, yep, yew.