"keep off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: keeps off [present, singular, third-person], keeping off [participle, present], kept off [participle, past], kept off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> off}} keep off (third-person singular simple present keeps off, present participle keeping off, simple past and past participle kept off)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from). Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to stay or cause to stay at a distance (from)): fernhalten (German), abhibeo (Latin), hålla borta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-keep_off-en-verb-uwCMePUY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for keep off meaning in English (1.6kB)

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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to stay or cause to stay at a distance (from)",
          "word": "fernhalten"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to stay or cause to stay at a distance (from)",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to stay or cause to stay at a distance (from)",
      "word": "fernhalten"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "to stay or cause to stay at a distance (from)",
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