āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
keep off
/kËiËp ËÉf/
to keep off
[phrase form: keep]
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻž, āĻšā§āĻāĻā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϞā§āύ
to avoid entering or walking onto a specific area or surface
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They asked us to keep off the fragile coral reefs while snorkeling.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰāĻā§ āϏā§āύā§āϰā§āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϞāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to refrain from consuming or or indulging in something, often for health or lifestyle reasons
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He decided to keep off alcohol to improve his overall well-being.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨāϤāĻž āĻāύā§āύāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŽāĻĻ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϞāϤ⧠āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϏāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to prevent someone or something from touching, coming close, or interacting with somebody or something else
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Please keep your dog on a leash to keep it off other people in the park.
āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ āϞā§āĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻā§āϰāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§āύāĨ¤
04
āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻŦā§ āύāĻž
(of rain, snow, etc.) to not fall or affect a specific area
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
If the snow keeps off, we can go for a hike in the mountains tomorrow.
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§, āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to avoid discussing or mentioning a particular topic
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They decided to keep off controversial issues to maintain a peaceful family gathering.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤



























