Meaning of keep from | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To prevent or restrain (someone or something) from; to refrain or cause to refrain from.
   transitive
2. To make and cause to remain secret.
   transitive
3. To cause to be excluded or not present.
   transitive
4. To protect or preserve from.
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.”

“What else did your brother keep from me?”

“He could not keep the sadness from his trembly voice.”

“I don't want to keep you from school.”

“As a mother, I wanted to keep my son from harm.”

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