keep off
keep
ki:p
kip
off
ɔf
awf
/kˈiːp ˈɒf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "keep off"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to keep off
[phrase form: keep]
01

āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻž, āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞ⧁āύ

to avoid entering or walking onto a specific area or surface
to keep off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They asked us to keep off the fragile coral reefs while snorkeling.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āύ⧋āĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϞāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāϜ⧁āĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to refrain from consuming or or indulging in something, often for health or lifestyle reasons
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He decided to keep off alcohol to improve his overall well-being.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻĻ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āφāϏāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to prevent someone or something from touching, coming close, or interacting with somebody or something else
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Please keep your dog on a leash to keep it off other people in the park.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϞ⧋āĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻŸā§āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϰāĻžāϖ⧁āύāĨ¤
04

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧋, āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž

(of rain, snow, etc.) to not fall or affect a specific area
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
If the snow keeps off, we can go for a hike in the mountains tomorrow.
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤ⧁āώāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
05

āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to avoid discussing or mentioning a particular topic
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They decided to keep off controversial issues to maintain a peaceful family gathering.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ