Meaning

2 senses

  1. To stay away from (a place or condition).

    I am keeping out of trouble.

  2. To restrain someone or something from entering (a place or condition).

    He kept me out of the house while he was redecorating.

Examples

373 sentences

  1. I'll keep this piece of cake for myself.

    Цей шматочок торта я відкладу для себе. — deniko

    deDieses Stück Kuchen hebe ich mir für mich selbst auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom keeps a change of clothes in his office.

    Том тримає в офісі запсний одяг. — deniko

    deTom hat Kleidung zum Wechseln in seinem Büro. — Dani6187

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  3. You keep out of this.

    Не втручайся. — deniko

    ruНе вмешивайся. — marafon

    deHalt dich da raus! — enteka

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  4. Keep track of your finances.

    Слідкуйте за своїми фінансами. — triantafillou

    ruДержи свои финансы на контроле. — Karok

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  5. Keep out of the way, please.

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Forms

keeps out of, keeping out of, kept out of, kept out of
Base formkeep out of · to keep out of
3rd person singularkeeps out of
Present participlekeeping out of
Past simplekept out of
Past participlekept out of

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theykeep out of
he, she, itkeeps out of

Past simpleLesson

all personskept out of

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave kept out of
he, she, ithas kept out of

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill keep out of

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
keenB2keenlykeepA1keeperB2keepsakekefirkeg

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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