"keep away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: keeps away [present, singular, third-person], keeping away [participle, present], kept away [participle, past], kept away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> away}} keep away (third-person singular simple present keeps away, present participle keeping away, simple past and past participle kept away)
  1. (intransitive) To refrain from coming (near). Tags: intransitive Translations (to refrain from coming (near)): държа далеч от (dǎrža daleč ot) (Bulgarian), fernhalten (German), abhibeo (Latin), whakamatara (Maori), uzak durmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-keep_away-en-verb-~Zmrc8ro Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 50 50 Disambiguation of 'to refrain from coming (near)': 76 24
  2. (transitive) To prevent from coming (near). Tags: transitive Translations (to prevent from coming (near)): abarceo (Latin), uzak tutmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-keep_away-en-verb-U7XsSoKR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 50 50 Disambiguation of 'to prevent from coming (near)': 24 76

Inflected forms

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