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Keep away   /kip əwˈeɪ/   Listen
Keep away

verb
1.
Prevent from coming close.






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"Keep away" Quotes from Famous Books



... he would have to keep away from the Throgs, which meant well away from the camp. A fleck of green showed through the amethyst foliage before him—the lake! Shann wriggled through a last bush barrier and stood to look out over that surface. A sleek brown head bobbed up. Shann ...
— Storm Over Warlock • Andre Norton

... "can you sit there and lie like that to me? Ain't I seen you in action? Don't I remember the way you trailed Jim Silent? Don't I remember how we all got down and prayed you to keep away from Jim? Don't I remember how you threw everything to hell so's you could get your hands on Jim? My God A'mighty, man, didn't I see your face when you had ...
— The Night Horseman • Max Brand

... their adieus and disappeared. Meanwhile they amused themselves with salutations, all more or less lively and familiar, told stories and exchanged confidences, while they danced a step or stamped about to keep away the cold. "You've chucked the slap [* Rouge.] on with a mop this morning, my dear," said one of the girls. "Have I, my love? Well, I was a bit thick about the clear, so I thought it would keep me warm." "It ain't no use facing the doner of the casa with that," said a man ...
— The Christian - A Story • Hall Caine

... now are, there is much to be observed; and you will easily procure yourself skilful directors. But what will you do to keep away the black dog[1266] that worries you at home? If you would, in compliance with your father's advice, enquire into the old tenures and old charters of Scotland, you would certainly open to yourself many striking scenes ...
— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 3 • Boswell, Edited by Birkbeck Hill

... he is ver moch relieft; he ver soon get over now. Keep away, mine goot Alp! Your master he get ...
— The Scalp Hunters • Mayne Reid


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