Keep Off

Definition: Keep Off

Keep Off

Verb

1. Refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day".

2. Refrain from entering or walking onto; "keep off the grass"; "stay off the premises".

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

Synonyms: Keep Off

Avoidance

Interjection: forbear! keep off, hands off! sauve qui peut!; devil take the hindmost!

Eschew, keep from, let alone, have nothing to do with; keep aloof keep off, stand aloof, stand off, hold aloof, hold off; take no part in, have no hand in.

Defense

Verb: defend, forfend, fend; shield, screen, shroud; engarrison; fend round; (circumscribe); fence, entrench, intrench; guard; (keep safe); guard against; take care of; (vigilance); bear harmless; fend off, keep off, ward off, beat off, beat back; hinder.

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'.

Hindrance

Keep off, stave off, ward off; obviate; avert, antevert; turn aside, draw off, prevent, forefend, nip in the bud; retard, slacken, check, let; counteract, countercheck; preclude, debar, foreclose, estop; inhibit; shackle; (restrain); restrict.

Irresolution

Vacillate; change; retract; fluctuate; pendulate; alternate; (oscillate); keep off and on, play fast and loose; blow hot and cold; (caprice).

Prohibition

Hands off! keep off! hold! stop! desist! cease and desist! avast!

Resistance

Interjection: hands off! keep off!

Crosswords: Keep Off

I've a right to sell flowers if I keep off the kerb. (My Fair Lady; writing credit: George Bernard Shaw; Alan Jay Lerner)

Keep off the street 'cause you're in danger (UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT; performing artist: Rolling Stones)

Keep Off My Grass! (1971)

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

Hoisting fresh meat to keep off the blowflies Party off the DISCOVERER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Hi, there! keep off my stuff!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Train sheds used to keep off snow. Credit: Library of Congress.

Keep off! Monroe doctrine. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Expressions using "keep off": Interjection: forbear! keep off ♦ keep off the grass ♦ keep off the grass!. Additional references.

Albanian

largoj (avert, avoid, brush away, brush off, call off, cast out, despatch, dislodge, dismiss, dispatch, dispel, divert, eliminate, estrange, freeze out, keep away, lead off, lift out, pack off, push aside, push away, push off, put off, relegate, remove, seclude, stave off, take away, turn, wean, whiffle), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring). (various references)

Arabic 

‏إمتنع عن لمس, ‏إبتعد عن (drive out, forswear, give a wide berth to, keep away, steer clear of, wear off). (various references)

Bulgarian 

спирам (arrest, bit, block, brake, bring to, bring to rest, bring up, call a halt, cease, check, come to a halt, come to rest, cut, cut off, cut short, die, discontinue, draw up, drive up, dwell, end, fix, go phut, halt, hang up, heave to, hold back, hold in, immobilize, impede, inhibit, intervene, kill, leave off, lock, occlude, preclude, prevent, pull in, pull up, put in, quash, quit, run down, snub, stint, stop, suppress, suspend, trammel, trig, withhold), държа на разстояние (hold at bay). (various references)

Chinese 

�"� (a cover, arrange, cover, hinder, obstruct, put in order, resist, to block, to get in the way of). (various references)

Czech

odvrátit (avert, divert, foil, head off, stave off, stem, turn, ward off), nepřibližovat se. (various references)

French

se tenir éloigné, rester � l'écart, rester � distance (keep one's distance). (various references)

German

wegnehmen (absorb, abstract, block out, detach, get rid off, move, remove, shift, take, take away, take off, take out, to take away, withdraw, withdrawn), weglassen (leave off, miss out, omit, to leave out), wegbleiben (be left out, be omitted, keep away, stay away, stop coming, stop out, to stay away), vermeiden (avert, avoid, beware, elude, evade, obviate, to avoid, to beware), fernhalten (keep away, to keep away), ausbehalten, abhalten (abstract, detain, deter, discourage, have, hold, keep from, keep out, prevent, restrain, take, to detain, to deter, to keep away, to keep off), abbehalten. (various references)

Greek 

κρατώ κάτω, μένω μακριά (keep away, stay away). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"מ� ע מל�'עת. (various references)

Hungarian

távol tartja magát (absent oneself, fight shy of, stand aside, to hold aloof, to keep aloof), félrehúzódik (efface oneself, to draw aside, to efface oneself, to keep off, to keep out of the way, to stand clear), elkerül valamit (steer clear of), elhúzódik (to drag). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

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

Japanese Katakana 

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

Manx

faagail jeh (abstain, abstention, abstinence). (various references)

Pig Latin

eepkay offay

Portuguese

manter-se afastado (keep away), manter afastado, evitar (abstain, avert, avoid, bypass, elude, eschew, evade, fence, flee, foil, forbear, funk, give a cold shoulder to, parry, preclude, prevent, refrain, shirk, shun, stave off, to avoid, turn a cold shoulder to), afastar (alienate, avert, call away, depart, deviate, dispel, displace, distract, diverge, divert, do away with, eliminate, estrange, fend, get rid of, hold off, keep away, lay off, make away, move away, obviate, relegate, remove, repel, retire, rid, separate, wean, withdraw). (various references)

Romanian

nu se apropia, lua (acquire, assume, assume a name, book, bring, catch, clasp, clear away, confiscate, conquer, contact, contract, draw, extract, finger, form, get, have, hire, interpret, jerk off, lay hands on, lay hold of, load, Mount, nim, pick, pick up, pocket, pouch, receive, snatch, start, take), ţine la distanţã (bear off). (various references)

Russian 

держаться в стороне (stand aloof, stand by, stay away). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

odbiti (cast aside, counter, decline, deduct, deny, disallow, dock, drive back, fend off, fight off, knock off, overrule, parry, rebuff, reflect, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, stave off, strike up, throw back, turn away, turn back, turn down, ward off, wean), držati se na odstojanju, čuvati se (beware, keep out, ware). (various references)

Spanish

tener a raya (hold off, keep back, restrain), procurar (attempt, procure, see, seek, whip up), no tocar (keep one's hands off), no dejar entrar (keep out), mantenerse a distancia (hold back, hold off, keep aloof, keep away), impedir (bar, circumvent, cut off, detain, forestall, guard against, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, keep, obviate, prevent, prohibit), estar prohibido (be forbidden), convencer (convince, persuade, prevail on, prevail upon, satisfy, talk into, win over, win round), cerrar el paso (keep left, pocket), alejarse de (give a wide berth to, keep away), alejar (alienate, avert, banish, drive off, keep away, move away, put off, remove, take away). (various references)

Swedish

undvika (avoid, avoided, dodge, eschew, evade, fight shy of, flank, flee, fudge, get out of, keep away from), hålla sig ifrån, hålla på avstånd (distance, hold off, stand off). (various references)

Turkish

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

Ukrainian

триматися на відстані (stand off), не наближатися. (various references)

arce. (various references)

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

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: pekoe.

-3 letters: keef, keep, peek, peke, poke.

-4 letters: eff, eke, fee, foe, fop, kef, kep, kop, off, oke, ope, pee.

-5 letters: ef, oe, of, op, pe.