keep away

1. 1.

   prevent from coming close

   “I tried to keep the child away from the pool”

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Questions about keep away

What does keep away mean?

keep away means "prevent from coming close".

Is keep away a common word?

keep away is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.